Not exact matches
Oil prices might have bottomed as output in the United States and other non-OPEC producers is beginning to fall quickly and an
increase in supply
from Iran has been less than dramatic, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.
This production, combined with steadily
increasing imports
from Canada led to a glut in the U.S. Midwest, and a disconnection of the U.S. mid-continent
oil market
from world markets.
In fact, with
oil prices
increasing only with inflation
from $ 18 / bbl in 2000, the NEB expected total oilsands production to reach 1.6 million barrels per day by 2015.
And with supplies
from Iraq threatened with disruption — in recent years, Iraq was the only major producer
increasing its output faster than the U.S. and Canada — that American
oil is only going to get more competitive in the marketplace.
That could
increase the likelihood of Saudi stocks moving in tandem with
oil prices — despite the kingdom's long - term goal to try to diversify its economy away
from oil.
That's an
increase of a little over 35 %
from where it was trading four years ago, when
oil prices were three times higher.
«When you look at the energy requirements, the
increasing population, we feel there's going to be a necessity
from an
oil and gas perspective as we go forward,» Lorenzo Simonelli told CNBC on the sidelines of the World Petrolum Congress in Istanbul.
Horgan has asked for a legal ruling on whether his province can restrict
increased amounts of
oil from coming into B.C. while his government reviews
oil - spill safety measures.
A report
from CIBC World Markets recently predicted the stock market might fall 10 % — 15 % this summer due to a confluence of factors, including a weak U.S. housing market,
increasing fiscal strain, expensive
oil prices, sluggish corporate earnings growth and disruptions in global supply chains stemming
from the Japanese crisis.
I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1)
increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting
oil and
oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2)
increased calls for alternatives to
oil rather than alternative means of transporting
oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks
from transporting
oil.
Oil production of 3.8 MMBbls in the first quarter of 2018 represents 43 percent of total production and was an
increase of 51 percent compared to first quarter of 2017 volumes and two percent
from the fourth quarter of 2017.
India wants to
increase the share of gas, which is a cleaner fuel than
oil, to 15 percent of its energy usage by 2030
from 6.2 percent currently.
Labor unions have pushed for approval of the pipeline, saying it would create thousands of construction jobs, while environmentalists opposed it because it would
increase greenhouse gas emissions
from Canada's
oil sands.
The price of a barrel of
oil, using the WTI benchmark, rose
from $ 29.70 to $ 76.32
from mid-2000 to mid-2010, an
increase of 157 % in only 10 years.
An in - depth report in 2010
from Worcester Polytechnic Institute that looked at the effects of three major
oil spills found
increased incidences of cancer and digestive problems in people who had ingested the
oil directly (in drinking water) or indirectly (through eating the meat of livestock exposed to the
oil).
Meanwhile the carbon footprint on conventional
oil — especially when shipped
from farther afield and refined
from ever - heavier crudes — is
increasing.
Add to that
increasing demand
from China, and the long - term outlook for
oil stocks looks good.
The Federal Reserve did not help in the process as their response to
increasing oil prices and the war in the Middle East was to RAISE the short term Fed Funds rate
from 5.50 to over 10 percent.
Other important assumptions not specified above are a $ 0.99 US / Cdn FX rate, a $ 4 / bbl diluent premium over light
oil and a $ CDN 15 difference between the $ CDN - equivalent WTI price and WCS prices at Hardisty, both
increasing with inflation, and transportation charges of $ 1 / bbl for diluent and $ 1.50 / bbl for dilbit to /
from Hardisty.
U.S. airline stocks hit a 13 - year high this week as they gained momentum
from lower
oil prices and
increased travel spending by Americans in an improving economy.
Those families who have benefited the least
from the big
increase in stock prices over the last few years have the most to gain, proportionately,
from the drop in
oil and gas prices.
«The most significant growth came
from the company's U.S. operations, where
oil production
increased 82 % year over year,» the company's Q4 2014 operations report said.
On Thursday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said global
oil supply
increased in February by 700,000 barrels per day (bpd)
from a year ago to 97.9 million barrels per day.
LONDON — BP says first - quarter earnings surged 70 percent as the energy company profited
from rising
oil prices and
increased production.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including
oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages,
increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting
from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
The costs of the discount are
increasing as delays continue for all three major proposed
oil pipelines to export more
oil from Western Canada, including Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion, Enbridge's Line 3 replacement, and TransCanada's Keystone XL.
He said capital investment in the
oil and natural gas sector
increased globally in 2017, but fell in Canada to $ 45 billion, down 19 per cent
from 2016 and 46 per cent
from 2014.
Canadian Natural production averaged a record 1.02 million barrels of
oil equivalent per day in the fourth quarter, a 19 per cent
increase from the year - earlier period, as it ramped up the latest expansion of its Horizon oilsands mining and upgrading project.
Cenovus» first quarter saw an
increase in its
oil sands production to 144,000 barrels per day, up 20 %
from the same period in 2014, and lowered operating costs across its assets.
The finding contradicts arguments by some environmentalist groups that bitumen, the tar - like substance extracted
from Alberta's
oil patch, corrodes or clogs pipelines,
increasing the risk of ruptures.
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.
The report also counters warnings
from environmentalists that the pipeline's construction would spur a huge
increase in production
from western Canada's tar sands, believed to be one of the biggest reserves of crude
oil outside Saudi Arabia — unleashing torrents of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
A vast
increase in
oil transport by rail surely has at least something to do with the accident — if the train hadn't been carrying
oil, its destruction might have been less catastrophic — but there will inevitably be debate over the conclusion to draw
from that observation.
And though exports of
oil have
increased, helping to shrink the U.S. trade deficit in energy by half
from fourth quarter 2016 to fourth quarter 2017, the improvement has had negligible impact on the much larger overall U.S. trade deficit, which grew during that period.
That comment turned
oil around in its tracks, with a little help
from Genscape that showed supply in Cushing, Okla., fell back significantly
from the
increase they reported last week.
China's rapid growth led to an
increase in crude
oil consumption to 7.5 million barrels a day in 2007,
from 5.5 million barrels a day in 2003.
Despite a saturated world market, North American production, whether it's bitumen
from Alberta's
oil sands or light
oil from North Dakota or Texas, continues to
increase.
By 1990, the market for tankers was turning around... too many ships were scrapped and the volume of
oil coming
from the Persian Gulf was
increasing.
Now they want to relive the glory days by
increasing the amount of
oil flowing
from the tar sands at any cost.
With crude
oil prices down sharply
from last year and the
oil glut at risk of
increasing, private security consultant Charles Clifton's phone has been ringing.
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It found 89 per cent of managers agreed energy transition risks - such as
increasing emissions regulations or growing competition
from clean tech alternatives - will significantly impact the valuations of the
oil companies in the next five years, compared to 46 per cent when the survey was conducted in 2017.
Banks» revenue
from both metals and
oil is expected to
increase this year as prices and volatility
increase, Shahani said, with overall commodities - related revenue seen rising by around 10 percent.
The Company's total 2016 net production
increased approximately 44 % year - over-year to 22.2 million barrels of
oil equivalent («MMBoe»), which was derived primarily
from the Wattenberg Field, and consisted of 61 % crude
oil and NGLs, and 39 % natural gas.
Moreover, lower potential output in the U.S. eases the risk of a regulatory ban on
oil from Canada's
oil sands, and could lead to
increased oil exports to the U.S.»
The US
oil - rig count plateaued near the highest level in three years and showed signs of declining in late March (to 797), though it still stood 50 rigs above the year - end 2017 total.2 This contributed to expectations for a further
increase in American crude production, which has topped 10 mb / d each week since early February, when WTI prices began to recede
from their intra-quarterly high of US$ 66.14 a barrel.3 The amount of crude in US storage occasionally exceeded weekly estimates given the higher domestic output and fluctuating net import figures, reigniting fears that US production may thwart OPEC's efforts to clear global oversupply.
As we extract more and more
oil from EOR plays, and at the same time are trying to
increase quantities stored, we are going to have to move to more expensive capture opportunities and toward pure storage plays, which both
increases capture costs and turns EOR revenues into a storage cost (you are not going to make money injecting CO2 into saline aquifers unless you are being paid to do so).
The conditions precipitating this change — lower volumes and value of crude
oil from Mexico, and
increasing demand
from Mexico for refined products
from the U.S. as prices are rising — may not be the new normal.
Take, for example, the sharp
increase in U.S.
oil and natural gas production stemming, in part,
from the innovations in drilling and extraction technologies.
I am sure DUCs are
increasing, but you can't get
oil from a DUC, only completions produce
oil, if they are lucky.