Sentences with phrase «higher oil costs»

Of course, oil means energy, which means that higher oil costs will translate into higher prices for just about everything, not just at the fuel pump.

Not exact matches

A rally in oil and other commodity prices have raised fears about higher raw material costs.

Continental posted net income of $ 233.9 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with $ 469,000, or less than a penny per share, in the year - ago quarter, when oil prices plummeted - and the company's production costs were higher.

Yet with global growth declining, oil inventory at record levels, and momentum on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there remains a high possibility the energy sector will face another existential crisis in the near future.

«The falling pound is driving up the price of imports and rising oil prices are being reflected in higher fuel costs,» he added.

April 30 - Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

April 30 (Reuters)- Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

The combination of higher oil prices and ultra-low borrowing costs would have caused the economy to overheat, driving annual inflation to 4 %, well outside the central bank's comfort zone of 1 % to 3 %.

Other analysts, like economist Nouriel Roubini, argued that cheap oil would last just a year or 18 months before producers like Saudi Arabia had successfully flushed out higher - cost competitors like shale producers here in the U.S.

Critics of the deal had expected Britain to try to renegotiate the price, which they say was set too high before oil prices fell, dragging energy costs lower.

Suncor Energy Inc., the world's second - largest oil - sands producer, said first - quarter profit fell 23 percent on lower output, higher costs and absence of a gain from insurance settlements a year earlier.

Western Australia's only onshore oil producer has suspended production after being hit by the low oil price and the high cost of trucking its output to Wyndham rather than the much closer port at Broome.

The spill also highlighted awareness of the risks associated with oil and gas production — sure, oilsands might have appeared relatively better as a result, but in absolute terms, they were easily portrayed as yet another example of the high costs and high risks associated with oil extraction.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has already issued an unusually high 25 hardship waivers to small refineries in recent months, according to an agency source, driving blending credit prices down and helping the oil industry reduce compliance costs.

After months of higher input costs for manufacturers, the simultaneous spike in food and oil prices is a double whammy that is now starting to hit consumers.

Analysts interpreted this move as an attempt to squeeze higher - cost producers, including U.S. shale oil, out of the market.

The main topic was commodity inflation around higher metal prices (aluminum and steel) and higher oil prices, which translated into higher packaging costs for many companies, but it also included wage concerns.

3M was seeing higher - than - anticipated costs for transportation and raw materials derived from crude oil.

Oil and gas sales rose 16 per cent to 110.8 billion yuan, more than offsetting higher operating costs.

Crude - by - rail shipments are expected to ramp up in the second half of this year and into the first half of next year to «very material volumes of oil,» Pourbaix said, adding price discounts will improve but will likely remain higher than usual because rail costs more than pipeline transport.

All the while, the industry thrived financially under a combination of high oil prices, low natural gas prices (a major input cost), recession - induced relief from cost inflation and a reduced cost of capital as majors and foreign national oil companies gobbled up wobbly juniors.

Given the high cost of shale oil production, it's questionable much marginal new U.S. production will be able to displace established Canadian oilsands supply while also replacing production declines in California, Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.

The discount on western Canadian oil is more than enough to compensate for the higher cost of unconventional transport.

Russell told CNBC that the depreciation of the Malaysian currency has more than offset the benefits that cheaper oil have on the price of fertilizers, resulting in higher input costs for the tea grower.

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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.

For the past two years, OPEC's pump - at - will policies have flooded the market with cheap supply, causing economic pain for producers with higher cash costs, including those involved in fracking, the Canadian oil sands and deepwater drilling.

And right now doesn't seem to be the time to try to raise capital to extract some of the highest cost oil in the world.

Last November, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) commended the government of Mali's deficit reduction, praising GDP growth of more than 5 % arising from strong harvests and government spending, even as the cost of oil imports moved higher.

Relying on high cost oil means oil prices must remain high to keep everything on track.

A Pembina Institute study from 2009 estimated the costs to reclaim what was then 686 square miles of oil sands developments and 170 square miles of tailings ponds would run as high as $ 15 billion.

With OPEC maintaining the status quo, North America's high cost oil producers can either choose to cut output or face even lower prices.

Long - term interest rates are currently low due to low global inflation expectations and moderate growth potential in Canada due to lower oil prices, a heavily indebted household sector and a weakened manufacturing base due to relatively high unit labour costs.

The failure of high cost North American producers to cut production in an oversupplied world oil market is setting the stage for another leg down in oil prices.

«Oil's price collapse is closing down high - cost production from Eagle Ford in Texas to Russia and the North Sea,» the IEA said in its monthly report.

Looking back at the cost gap figure above, the potential revenue generated by EOR is only about $ 50 - 60 / ton, and that is in the best plays under the assumption of high oil prices.

In the case of an oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shipped.

With petrol prices last week climbing over 140p for a litre of unleaded fuel for the first time ever (according to Experian Catalist) and the cost of diesel lingering around record highs, sentiment towards the oil companies has unsurprisingly started to fall again.

The costs to develop the oil sands, a type of unconventional petroleum deposit, are much higher that developing conventional oil deposits.

While Basic Energy Service reemerged from bankruptcy at the end of last year with a more sustainable cost structure and improved balance sheet, it needs higher oil prices to thrive, because those prices will drive customer demand for its services.

High labor costs and the falling price of crude oil have contributed to the industry's dark days, but environmental activists can also take a bow.

Despite the high cost of the oil price crash, most residents of Fort McMurray, along with Canada's politicians, think that oil prices will rebound and things will turn around sooner or later.

The fallout from the failure of a high - profile international meeting over Iran's nuclear ambitions could be most felt in the cost of oil.

There is some evidence that higher oil prices have begun to contribute to higher production costs in some industries.

And the reason that the cost of storing oil is now so high is that there is a much - greater - than - normal amount of oil already in storage.

The reason that every man and his dog was not eager to do this trade is that the cost of storing oil is now so high that even a contango that represents a potential 40 % annualised return on a physical - futures arbitrage is not very profitable.

The strategy is designed to drive out higher - cost producers of heavy oil and shale, whose rapid development is squeezing Middle East crude out of the huge U.S. market and threatens to eat into its share of other lucrative growth markets.

But with its big debt load and increasing input costs (read: higher oil prices), that's easier said than done.

This $ 5 difference does not imply that «the market» expects the price of oil to be $ 5 / barrel higher in December - 2016 than it is today; it implies that the cost of storing oil for the next 18 months plus the interest income that would be foregone (or the interest that would have to be paid) equates to about $ 5 / barrel.

As expected, OPEC announced after its last meeting that it would keep oil production levels the same in its bid to force higher - cost producers (re: American frackers) to trim their own operations.