For clean energy to out - compete all supplies of oil on price alone, they can't just get below
the current price of oil — they will have to get below the lowest - cost oil supplies, which are very cheap.
The current price of oil is going to kill us to put it mildly.
Kinder Morgan's debt load and dividend policy where unsustainable at
the current price of oil.
Oil companies that today pay for CO2 to be delivered from natural deposits are in danger of losing money, because
the current price of oil is so low.
During our webcast last month, Brian Hicks, portfolio manager of our Global Resources Fund (PSPFX), emphasized the point that
the current price of oil just isn't sustainable:
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Investment bank Jefferies called
current prices unsustainable and said production declines across most
of the important non-OPEC producers is likely to set the stage for an
oil price recovery in the second half
of this year.
But Waghorn says Hess's wide range
of oil reserves, including fields in Guyana, will help diversify its revenue sources in case
prices stall at
current levels.
This eye - catching graph pops out
of a report published by Boston Consulting Group on January 21: it illustrates how the
current oil price crash, while not (yet) the deepest in recent memory, is the longest - lasting — and counting.
LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 30 (Reuters)- The term «demand destruction» is again entering the lexicon
of the
current crude
oil market as the sharp rise in
prices raises concerns about when do consumers start cutting back on their fuel consumption.
The
current popularity
of trucks and SUVs is also tied to low
oil prices.
The shipments are significantly higher than the
current record
of 179,000 barrels a day reached in September 2014 before
oil prices collapsed.
Jason Kirby at Maclean's wrote about a fellow who foresaw the collapse
of oil prices and now predicts future assessments
of current data will show the U.S. was in a recession at the start
of 2016.
It said earlier this month that
oil prices would have to stabilize above
current levels
of $ 50 per barrel for producers to make any meaningful boost to oilfield plans.
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Against this backdrop
of delayed rebalancing, we now see
oil prices fluctuating around
current levels, in a lower range than we had expected earlier this year.
In light
of the
current outlook for
oil prices, such decisions aren't a surprise.
The upper end
of that projection —
oil prices at US$ 60 — is below most
of the
current analyst forecasts, with expectations for the WTI
price predominantly in the low US$ 50s, or below.
Commerzbank's head
of commodity research Eugen Weinberg said
oil market fundamentals «do not justify the
current price, but unfortunately the market is focusing more on the politics and ignoring some
of the warning signs, especially the hike in U.S.
oil production.»
The
current oil price scenarios appear to have not calculated this in however, as all media is focused on the effects
of hurricane Harvey and the Gulf
of Mexico.
Based on the
current level
of oil prices, this forecast implies that headline CPI inflation would remain close to 3 per cent in the short term.
In a survey
of private sector forecasters last week, he was told that
oil prices look to be stabilizing around the
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In a survey
of private sector forecasters last week, he was told that
oil prices look to be stabilizing around the
current level
of $ 50 a barrel.
Hedge fund manager tips $ US300
oil price: Pierre Andurand, one
of oil's most prominent hedge fund managers, said the
current reluctance
of energy companies to invest in new production meant $ US300 a barrel was «not impossible» within a few years.
Just as we saw during the Arab Spring
of 2011,
oil prices are currently rising on the back
of concerns that the supply from the region could be affected by the
current political unrest in Egypt.
What we are seeing now is that energy - related activity has stopped declining and is transitioning to a new level that is commensurate with the
current level
of oil prices.
India imports nearly 75 %
of its
oil (source: Central Statistical Office, India), so sustained low crude
prices improved the inflation picture and
current account balance (source: Bloomberg data).
The government is revising this year's budget, which was drawn up on the assumption that
oil prices would average $ 48 per barrel, well above the
current price of $ 28.
Thanks to the low - cost nature
of those wells, the company expects to deliver 20 % compound annual production growth through 2019 while living within cash flow around
current oil prices.
«Based on the Saudi
current - account balance, Aramco had revenues
of $ 160 billion last year from just
oil and refined products exports when the average
price of oil was $ 43 a barrel,» Fareed Mohamedi from the Rapidan Group said.
While most industry pundits continue to believe that the OPEC cuts / shale growth tug -
of - war will continue to cap
oil prices, the
current mood in the market is a bit merrier than it was two years ago, one year ago, or even one month ago.
Until a balance is restored between supply and demand, though, Saudi Arabia is willing to endure the
current low
price of oil, even as its own budget, heavily reliant on energy revenues, faces a deficit
of $ 98 billion, or 15 percent
of gross domestic product, for fiscal 2016.
3) Persisting external pressures in the form
of low dollar liquidity and declining net international reserves, despite higher
oil prices and a decreasing
current account deficit
Extending the OPEC cuts beyond their
current expiry date at the end
of 2018 would seem unnecessary if
oil prices keep rising, Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh told the Iranian Continue Read
oil prices keep rising, Iran's
Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh told the Iranian Continue Read
Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh told the Iranian Continue Reading
The impact
of higher
oil prices on the country's
current account deficit and inflation rate, the Indian banking system's struggles with demonetization, scandals, bad loans and a government looking ahead to next year's general election have all taken a toll on investor sentiment.
As long as we are talking about the resemblance
of oil's late - 2014
price slide to that
of gold back in early 2013, it is also appropriate to once again make the comparison
of gold's
current price pattern to what we saw before in the SP500.
Higher
oil prices would reinforce
current market trends based on reflation: rising long - term bond yields and a shift out
of perceived safer assets — bond proxies and low - volatility stocks — and into cyclical assets such as EM.
The changes to the forecasts for inflation over the years to June 2000 and June 2001 (excluding the effect
of the GST) appear to reflect
current and prospective developments in
oil and tobacco
prices as well as a modest increase in the assessment
of underlying inflationary pressures.
In tandem, the era
of high
oil prices prompted an increase in saving among
oil producers... Using the increase in emerging markets»
current account surplus as a guide suggests the desired saving schedule has shifted to the right by 1pp as a result
of the EM saving glut, which lowers the global real rate by round 25bps.
For example, the Stumberg Ranch 55H well achieved an initial 24 - hour production rate
of 3,800 barrels
of oil equivalent (BOE / d), which puts that well on pace to deliver a full payout in only 12 months at
current oil and gas
prices.
In the absence
of a steady stream
of bullish news the
oil price is likely to trade at least 10 % below its
current price within the next two months.
«We think the fundamentals do not justify the
current price, but unfortunately the market is focusing more on the politics and ignoring some
of the warning signs, especially the hike in U.S.
oil production.»
Oil prices are poised to shoot through the top
of recent ranges amid growing global demand and that could boost U.S. crude by some 36 percent from
current levels, one analyst told CNBC.
By now, it should be obvious that the Saudis and their Gulf allies are playing the long game when it comes to the
current oil situation, and that means keeping the taps flowing in the midst
of a global glut no matter how low
prices go.
If this isn't the case and all the
oil being produced is needed for
current consumption, then the
price of oil for future delivery can drop to an unusually low level relative to the spot
price and stay there.
After a quarter - long consolidation, West Texas Intermediate crude
oil prices broke above a key technical level
of $ 66 per barrel in early April, the highest level since 2014, offering an indication the
current uptrend remains intact.
Global
oil producers were able to earn attractive full - cycle rates
of returns on capital employed above $ 85 per barrel, but at
current prices, the industry is being forced to significantly pare back drilling activity.
Oil prices spiked to a two - year high after Saudi Arabia launched a country - wide probe into corruption, detaining numerous high - profile individuals, including prominent businessmen and members
of the ruling al - Saud family, as well as
current and former ministers.
Considering world political events, economics and «growth yet to come», the
price of oil / liquids will flatline with a 2 - 5 %
price adjustment on the daily trading aspect on today's
current pricing schedule.
At the beginning
of June, Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said that Russia was «actually ready to live forever at
oil prices $ 40 or below,» as
oil at US$ 40 is the
current underlying key assumption
of Russia's economic policies.
The OPEC / non-OPEC deal is working, and the
current underlying key assumption
of Russia's economic policies —
oil prices at US$ 40 — can allow it to live forever at that
price or below, Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin told Bloomberg in an interview on the sidelines
of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday.