That's largely due to the government increasing
its projected average oil price from US$ 42 a barrel to US$ 45 a barrel, helping to boost resource revenues by $ 744 million.
Not exact matches
But van Beurden has been slimming down his portfolio of
oil projects with the intent of keeping only those lean enough to make good returns in a world in which
oil prices average no more than $ 40 a barrel, well below the
average price over the past decade.
The EIA in February reported that Canada pumped an
average of 4.5 million barrels a day in 2015, and predicted this would rise to 4.8 million in 2017 as
oil sands
projects under construction when
oil prices began to fall in 2014 come on line.
Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the
price of
oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on
oil.All renowned rating agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is
projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is
projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 % by the end of 2016 after
averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the lowest recorded total since 2011.
The
average price of propane is
projected to go up 14 percent this winter, while heating -
oil prices are expected to jump 24 percent.
The calculations are based on an
average projected oil price of $ 40 for 2016, down from $ 54 in the government's fall update, and
projected growth of 1.4 per cent, down from two per cent in the fall.
The analysis found, somewhat surprisingly, that only proceeding with lower cost, less carbon - intensive
projects needed to satisfy demand in a carbon - constrained world will add over $ 100 billion to the value of the world's seven
oil majors, unless
oil prices spike beyond $ 100 a barrel for a sustained period of time — well over OPEC's long - term
average assumption of around $ 80 a barrel.
The Brent crude
oil spot
price averaged $ 112 per barrel in 2012, and EIA's July 2013 Short - Term Energy Outlook
projects averages of $ 105 per barrel in 2013 and $ 100 per barrel in 2014.