The issue is not whether the U.S. can significantly reduce its reliance on oil imports with domestic, offshore oil, say both Kaufman and Nathan, but whether there is enough that is recoverable to significantly lower the price
of a barrel of oil on the global market.
Not exact matches
Andurand, who runs
oil hedge fund Andurand Capital Management LLP, wrote in a string
of tweets
on Sunday that companies may be less willing to risk investment in long term
oil projects because
of low crude
barrel prices and a predicted peak in electric vehicle demand.
Brent
oil prices eased off four - month highs
of just over $ 75 a
barrel set
on Monday
on worries that Trump may pull out
of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and thus bring back sanctions
on its
oil output.
Brent crude
oil futures were last up 12 cents at $ 73.98 a
barrel at 0937 GMT, some 2 percent below the November - 2014 high
of $ 75.47 reached
on Tuesday.
With the ability to refine and upgrade crude in Canada and 75,000
barrels per day
of committed capacity
on the existing Keystone pipeline, Husky says it can grow its heavy
oil production without exposure to the WCS - WTI discounts until at least 2021.
On Thursday, it announced it would reduce its production guidance for the year by about 10,000
barrels of oil equivalent per day to an average
of about 315,000 boe / d, with exit production
of about 335,000 boe / d, to account for lower heavy
oil production, an advanced schedule for maintenance at its Tucker oilsands project and a slower ramp up in liquids - rich natural gas output from its BD Project in Indonesia.
Brent crude
oil futures were down 14 cents at $ 73.72 a
barrel at 1128 GMT, some 2 percent below the November 2014 high
of $ 75.47 reached
on Tuesday.
Brent
oil prices eased off four - month highs
of just over $ 75 a
barrel set
on Monday
on worries that U.S. President Donald Trump may pull out
of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and thereby bring back sanctions
on its
oil output.
In October
of 2011, the price
of WTI at Cushing, OK was discounted by almost $ US25 per
barrel compared to similar
oil grades
on the U.S. Gulf Coast, only 600 miles away.
LONDON, April 24 -
Oil rose above $ 75 a
barrel on Tuesday to its highest since November 2014 before paring some gains, supported by OPEC - led production cuts, strong demand and the prospect
of renewed U.S. sanctions
on Iran.
«We just closed
on our first
oil asset for $ 150 million, and it produces about 3,500 BOEs —
barrels of oil equivalent — a day.
Most North American
oil producers,
on average, require a WTI price
of roughly $ 35 a
barrel to break even.
Unlike Grantham, Shilling believes that low global growth will continue to keep pressure
on the price
of oil, especially when Saudi Arabia, the world's most influential producer, can continue to pump up
oil for less than $ 10 a
barrel.
Based
on a West Texas Intermediate crude
oil price
of $ 45 per
barrel, those deposits are worth about $ 900 billion.
The deal, when announced last autumn, was predicated
on a recovery in the
oil price to $ 60 per
barrel by 2019, an increase that now seems less likely with a glut
of crude still circling the globe and keeping prices below $ 50.
«When crude
oil goes to $ 55 a
barrel, I can take a 12 percent to 18 percent hit
on my corrugated [boxes] and plastic packaging,» says the founder
of the 15 - person firm.
While the loss
of the city has no immediate effect
on oil exports, now at over three million
barrels a day, it adds to concerns over security and the country's plans to expand
oil production.
LONDON, April 24 (Reuters)-
Oil rose
on Tuesday above $ 75 a
barrel to its highest since November 2014, supported by OPEC - led production cuts, strong demand and the prospect
of renewed U.S. sanctions
on Iran.
Iran's
oil exports hit 2.6 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, the Oil Ministry's news agency SHANA reported on Tuesday, a record since the lifting of sanctions, with China and India buying more than half of Iran's o
oil exports hit 2.6 million
barrels per day (bpd) in April, the
Oil Ministry's news agency SHANA reported on Tuesday, a record since the lifting of sanctions, with China and India buying more than half of Iran's o
Oil Ministry's news agency SHANA reported
on Tuesday, a record since the lifting
of sanctions, with China and India buying more than half
of Iran's
oiloil.
With
oil trading below $ 50 a
barrel, economists are scrambling to determine the fallout
of declining energy prices
on the U.S. and global economies.
On Thursday, again, the price
of oil tumbled with the spot price slipping below $ 75 a
barrel; that's a four - year low.
On April 29, more than 28,000
barrels of crude
oil sprang from the Rainbow pipeline in Alberta and gushed into the boreal forest and nearby marsh.
Aleida Rios is responsible for the safe, reliable and compliant operations
on BP's four offshore platforms in the deepwater gulf, which produce 250,000
barrels of oil equivalent per day.
As it is currently planned the twin pipeline will carry 525,000
barrels of bitumen a day from the
oil sands west to a terminal in Kitimat
on the B.C. coast, where it could be shipped to Asian refineries, as well as refined
oil products used to dilute the bitumen flowing east.
On Wednesday, the Energy Department is expected to report that U.S. crude
oil supplies fell last week by 1.5 million
barrels, according to a survey
of analysts by Platts.
Pressure has been restricted
on the 590,000
barrel per day Keystone pipeline since late last year, after the line leaked some 9,700
barrels of oil in South Dakota.
Oil prices came under pressure
on Wednesday as weekly government data showed a larger - than - expected rise
of 5 million
barrels in U.S. crude stockpiles.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
oil futures for April delivery traded 6 cents higher near $ 61.25 a
barrel as
of 11:05 a.m., ET, after settling up 23 cents
on Thursday.
The tally
of oil rigs rose in recent weeks, with
oil prices near $ 50 per
barrel and demand for drilling equipment
on the rise.
U.S. crude futures dipped below $ 28.50, while the international benchmark Brent fell as far as $ 27.79 a
barrel after reports that Iran had offered sharp discounts to customers in Europe and Asia to find buyers for millions
of barrels of oil in storage that it is now free to sell, after the lifting
of most international sanctions
on it at the weekend.
«We are well - positioned to execute another year
of strong growth for Encana as we prepare to cross the 400,000 boe (
barrels of oil equivalent) per day milestone later this year,» said Doug Suttles
on a conference call.
Oil prices continued their months - long decline Monday, with the price
of crude briefly falling below $ 50 per
barrel for the first time in more than five years earlier in the session
on account
of global oversupply.
Although much
of the recent drop in
oil prices has been due to the prospect
of higher exports from Iran in the coming months (the International Energy Agency forecasts an extra 300,000
barrels a day by the end
of March), the dumping
of stored
oil is essentially a short - term factor, and its influence
on crude prices should logically pass quite quickly.
Investors will scour weekly
oil inventory statistics from the Energy Information Administration later
on Thursday after industry data showed a rise
of 2.1 million
barrels in crude stockpiles last week.
Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties
of oil, was down 47 cents to $ 112.86 per
barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In January energy specialists Wood MacKenzie analyzed its database
of 2,222
oil - producing fields around the world and found that a mere 0.2 %
of the world's supply would be operating
on a cash - negative basis at $ 50 per
barrel for Brent.
COPENHAGEN, Oct 9 - Danish
oil and shipping group A.P. Moller - Maersk said on Tuesday Maersk Oil was targeting an entitlement oil production level above 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 202
oil and shipping group A.P. Moller - Maersk said
on Tuesday Maersk
Oil was targeting an entitlement oil production level above 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 202
Oil was targeting an entitlement
oil production level above 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 202
oil production level above 400,000
barrels of oil equivalent per day by 202
oil equivalent per day by 2020..
A U.S. crude inventory build
of 2.6 million
barrels in the week through Dec. 25 could keep downside pressure
on oil, reports CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis.
LONDON, Nov 1 - Brent crude
oil futures fell to $ 108 a
barrel on Thursday as investors continued to analyse the aftermath
of super storm Sandy.
He estimated a US$ 10 improvement in the difference
on Alberta's overall output
of 3.2 million
barrels per day
of heavy
oil would result in C$ 50 million a day spilling back into the provincial economy.
BG, which will report full - year results
on Feb. 5, said it expected 2015 production volumes to have hit 704,000
barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), above its previous forecast
of 680 - 700,000 boed, due to new fields that have come
on stream in Australia, Brazil and Norway.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties
of oil, rose $ 1.33 to $ 108.02 per
barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
However, a truck can only carry 200
barrels of oil, compared with 60,000
barrels in one unit train, or nearly 600,000 per day
on the Keystone Pipeline - the equivalent
of 3,000 trucks.
Even if the U.S. starts to charge for every
barrel of Canadian bitumen that crosses the border, the fee is so small that oilsand producers, who shoulder a price discount
of around $ 60 - a-
barrel on headline
oil prices, might not even notice.
Production rose to 1.867 million
barrels of oil equivalent a day, with
oil prices up 8 percent year -
on - year.
Meanwhile, the August contract for crude plunged $ 4.40 to close at $ 52.53 (U.S.) a
barrel Monday
on the prospect
of increased
oil output from Iran and worries over Greece.
On Monday, WTI closed at US$ 52.22 a barrel, up by 3 percent, while Brent crude settled at US$ 59.02 — its highest since July 2015 — on the back of growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Ira
On Monday, WTI closed at US$ 52.22 a
barrel, up by 3 percent, while Brent crude settled at US$ 59.02 — its highest since July 2015 —
on the back of growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Ira
on the back
of growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect
on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Ira
on global supplies
of crude
oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Iraq.
«BP is continuing to plan for a lower
oil price world,» chief executive Bob Dudley said
on Tuesday, adding that «I'm not expecting big shifts in prices anytime soon and a price
of $ 50 a
barrel looks like the right number to plan
on for the rest
of the decade.»
Impact
on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less
of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per
barrel of oil produced would also remain constant.»
«BP is continuing to plan for a lower
oil price world,» chief executive Bob Dudley said earlier this month, adding that «I'm not expecting big shifts in prices anytime soon and a price
of $ 50 a
barrel looks like the right number to plan
on for the rest
of the decade.»