An Accident Waiting to Happen» Huge amounts of oil are being transported by rail
from the shale oil fields.
May 7, 2012 • Cash - strapped states are embracing the millions of dollars in new tax revenue coming
from shale oil and gas development.
The fraction of crude oil consumed in the U.S. that was imported went from 35 % immediately before the 1973 oil crisis, peaked at 60 % in 2005, and then returned to 35 % by 2013 [7] thanks to increased domestic production [8]
from the shale oil boom.
Not exact matches
The fracking - enabled boom in production of
shale oil has filled the gap
from coal since 2010.
Then, higher
oil prices could also spur more production
from areas outside the hottest U.S.
shale play.
To get the
oil, producers fracture, or «frack,» the earth below with a high - pressure liquid mixture to untap
oil and gas
from shale rock.
OPEC wants to have an open dialogue with upstart U.S.
shale drillers and learn
from oil market players, after the most painful downturn in six
oil price cycles.
In California,
oil companies are pressing for further exploration of the massive Monterey
Shale, a 1,750 - square - mile area extending
from the agricultural Central Valley to the Pacific Ocean that federal energy officials say could ultimately comprise two - thirds of the nation's
shale oil reserves.
The companies say the pipeline would carry Bakken
shale oil more cheaply and safely
from North Dakota to Illinois en route to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries than it could be shipped by railroad or tanker trucks.
When fully connected to existing lines, the line would be the first to carry crude
oil from the Bakken
shale directly to the U.S. Gulf.
Further, offshore drilling faces competition
from onshore U.S.
shale drilling, which can be started up and shut down quickly as
oil prices fluctuate.
Only the U.S. and Canada were producing
oil and natural gas
from shale in commercial quantities, the department said.
The relentless rise of U.S.
shale growth could soon spark another dramatic change of policy
from leading
oil producers, according to the latest monthly report
from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Production
from shale has helped keep a lid on crude
oil prices at about $ 120 a barrel, giving western countries leverage to impose sanctions on Iran, a key supplier.
The so - called
shale revolution could help to alleviate Washington's reliance on foreign
oil, including
from turbulent Middle Eastern states, while also supporting a bid to export to more countries around the world.
The price of
oil collapsed
from near $ 120 a barrel in June 2014 due to weak demand, a strong dollar and booming U.S.
shale production.
Global
shale resources are vast enough to cover more than a decade of
oil consumption, according to the first - ever U.S. assessment of reserves
from Russia to Argentina.
The state's
oil production grew tenfold over the past decade as it built a thriving
oil shale industry virtually
from scratch, driving unemployment to a national low and filling government coffers with surging tax revenue.
This is especially true in the new boomtowns that have powered the
shale oil revolution in the U.S. (For an on - the - ground report
from North Dakota
oil country, see «Waiting for the Reckoning.»)
Protesters have been buoyed by the recent success of Native American groups and environmentalists in their campaign against construction of the 1,100 - mile (1,770 - km) Dakota Access pipeline, a project spearheaded by Energy Transfer Partners (etp) that would carry
oil from North Dakota's Bakken
shale fields into Texas.
But Alberta heavy
oil is sometimes fetching as little as half the world price due to the competition
from U.S. - produced
shale oil and a shortage of pipelines to get the crude to the coasts and other refining markets.
That is because U.S.
shale companies have been somewhat protected
from the full vagaries of
oil price swings up until now.
Output
from major
shale oil regions will grow by 131,000 barrels a day in April, the Department of Energy predicts.»
Refiners in the U.S. Midwest, Ontario, Alberta, B. and Washington get their raw material
from the Western Sedimentary Basin, production
from which is growing thanks to the Alberta oilsands, the Bakken field in Saskatchewan and North Dakota and
oil shales in the Rocky Mountain states.
Papa, CEO of Centennial Resource Development, is a closely followed figure in the U.S.
shale drilling world, where producers rely on advanced techniques to coax
oil and gas
from tight rock formations.
The extraordinary cost reductions achieved by North American
oil and gas companies have likely reached their limit, and any boost in profitability for much of the U.S.
shale and Canadian
oil sands industries will have to come
from higher
oil prices, according to a new report
from Moody's Investors Service.
China is becoming a key market for global
oil exporters as surging output
from shale fields
from Texas to North Dakota allows the U.S., the biggest crude consumer, to rely less on overseas supplies.
The British
oil giant reported huge figures
from the
shale gas well, suggesting the Mancos could provide a massive new source of U.S.
shale gas.
Of course, supply and demand will have to balance out over time, and more Iranian crude will force a larger adjustment
from U.S.
shale, so U.S.
oil production could see a deeper contraction.
Not long ago, US
shale production, which now doubles the output
from the
oil sands, was off the radar.
A sale of Apache Canada would mark the Houston - based company's exit
from the country, the latest international
oil firm to sell Canadian operations in favor of concentrating on U.S.
shale plays.
U.S.
oil and natural gas production
from Pennsylvania could help power Ontario and Quebec for instance, even as Canadian
shale flowed through pipelines
from Alberta to the U.S. Infrastructure matters a lot in these settings, especially given the difficulties most companies are facing in building new pipelines (Exhibit A: see the Dakota Access Pipeline).
The
oil we're now pulling out of the ground in North America, whether
from the
oil sands or
shale rock in North Dakota, is tough to get at.
He's also chairman of a $ 26 million fund, BH Logistics, established in April with backing
from a Chinese conglomerate, and a $ 40 million fund involved in
shale oil exploration, according to documents filed in June and first reported on by Bloomberg News.
And Hamm would know, because Continental Resources was a pioneer in making
oil from shale rock profitable in North Dakota.
After eliciting an admission
from the agent that Mammoth believed it had discovered a substantial
shale oil deposit suitable for fracking, Farmer drove a hard bargain for the drilling rights.
His company, Knightsbridge Risk Management, a private security firm in Dallas that serves the
oil and gas industry, is getting calls
from companies that want to plan ahead in case they shut down drilling operations in North Dakota and the Bakken
shale formation.
- Chevron (NYSE: CVX) said it would invest $ 4 billion in the Permian Basin in 2018, and the
oil major has plans to ramp up production
from the
shale basin to over 400,000 bpd over the next few years.
While WoodMac sees trouble ahead for the Permian, a separate study
from IHS Markit estimates a massive volume of
oil still remains in the Permian, and that the best days for the
shale basin are ahead.
New
shale oil well productivity drove U.S. production higher in the last few years, with the average daily rate for the first month of operation rising
from less than 100 Continue Reading
The company last year said it would exit its underperforming U.S.
shale oil and gas business after coming under pressure
from Sydney - based Tribeca Investment Partners to sell the assets.
The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted
from Alberta's tar sands and
oil extracted
from North Dakota's Bakken
shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.
Current WTI prices are not that far
from a US$ 40 - per - barrel
oil, which has the industry and analysts wonder how low an
oil price the U.S.
shale can afford.
However, i still think prices will cobtinue to increase due to
shale oil and gas and migration
from expensive cities.
But the only thing that seems to cause
shale drillers to reduce spending — and therefore production — is lower
oil prices, since the cash flow
from crude is their lifeblood.
Shaken by
shale oil production in the United States, softening demand
from China and Europe, and rising global concern about climate change, Canada's tar...
US crude
oil production shattered a 47 - year output record in November, and then retreated slightly in December, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, as
oil production
from shale continued to upend global supply patterns.
In addition, U.S. Gulf Coast refineries that Keystone XL will feed are designed to run heavy crude, such as Alberta's, as opposed to the light - grade
oil from the
shale formations.
While it's perfectly true that there isn't enough U.S.
shale to flood the world with
oil, a lot of what there is is historically cheap to produce so as to give crude
from the Middle East a real run for its money; and a solid proportion of that production has been sold forward at attractive levels in the futures market ensuring financial stability for U.S. producers.
Credit distress is rampant among energy companies, which borrowed heavily against the promise of
shale oil and gas extraction and are now reeling
from what looks like a prolonged price crash.