A variety of consultants have also argued that Arctic oil is too expensive to find and develop in either
a low oil price environment or in a future world with a higher price on carbon emissions.
In today's
low oil price environment, it's far more difficult to find the right winner.
In addition, our provision for credit losses (PCL) ratio of 0.29 % was up 5 basis points (bps) primarily as a result of
the low oil price environment.
Supermajor oil companies are living a new reality that is based on new profits in a forever -
low oil price environment — and globally, analysts say, the oil sector is a great investment.
What's more, analysts with Bank of America Merrill Lynch believe that oil demand will peak sometime after 2050, «as long as we remain in a relatively
low oil price environment of $ 55 - 75 per barrel in real terms.»
It looks like a good time to average down as the stock yields 3.4 % and the earnings perform fine irrelevant of the price of oil (Heck I would argue the company does better in
a low oil priced environment as it purchases oil to produce its products).
ii) Corporate Stupidity: Focusing on long - term asset values, particularly in
this lower oil price environment, assumes corporate execs.
Not exact matches
Here, in part one of three, are my notes on
oil sands project viability in this new,
low -
price environment.
In today's tighter
price environment, Big
Oil is in a renewed competitive position because there is competition for new capital investments, which means
lower production taxes, much
lower production costs, and easy access to resources.
The turn higher in the Loonie already reflects this more stable monetary policy
environment, and a lift in energy
prices may be susceptible to a move
lower if the Fed raises rates sooner than anticipated, or if
oil swoons.
Rougher waters ahead in 2015 «We expect 2015 to be a challenging year in light of
lower oil prices but we have built our business and our balance sheet to capitalize on this type of market
environment.
Low oil prices may render impossible petroleum found in difficult
environments like the Arctic or far offshore in the oceans or found in difficult forms like tar sands.
The turn higher in the Loonie already reflects this more stable monetary policy
environment, and a lift in energy
prices may be susceptible to a move
lower if the Fed raises rates sooner than anticipated, or if
oil swoons.
And we're talking about an unconventional
oil & gas project here, and a farm - out deal signed literally a month before the
oil price collapse (in mid-2014)-- today, we're in a horrible
environment, with resource companies (large & small) slashing expenditures simply to survive, and focused solely on their
lowest - cost / highest - probability prospects.
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said that â $ œin a highly competitive
environment where customers are already paying less than they were several years ago,
lower oil prices can help put the industry on a more sustainable footing.
The costs of many offshore
oil and gas projects have come down sharply in recent years, as companies try to ensure their viability in a shale - inspired
lower price environment.
«As bad as current market conditions have been for onshore
oil producers,
low oil prices have resulted in even greater cutbacks in capital spending for offshore
oil producers,» said Isaac Orr, research fellow at The Heartland Institute, which publishes
Environment & Climate News.
Dr. Birol and Minister Ploumen discussed the IEA's «open doors» policy, the energy transition in a
low -
oil -
price environment, as well as opportunities to cooperate on energy access, notably clean cooking.
«While we have this current
environment of
lower oil prices, Wood Buffalo was on a longer - term trend of having fewer and fewer sales every year.