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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

With oil prices low and showing no sign of an immediate rebound, the industry is beginning to pull back on spending. Oil prices have dropped around 30 percent since summer highs, raising fears among producers across the globe. Yet, many oil majors are relatively diversified, with large holdings downstream.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

It may be difficult to look beyond the current pricing environment for oil, but the depletion of low-cost reserves and the increasing inability to find major new discoveries ensures a future of expensive oil. Despite record levels of spending, the largest oil companies are struggling to replace their depleted reserves.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

BP has sanctioned the $9-billion Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the United States, despite the current low oil price environment. Oil production is expected to begin in late 2021. In 2013, BP (operator, with 60.5% —Bob Dudley, BP Group Chief Executive.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

the future of the economy and the environment. Rising Oil Prices Lead to Investments in Natural Gas. Oil markets are traditionally sensitive to a pick up in economic activity. As the economy continues to slowly improve over the next 12 months, Cascadia predicts that oil will hit $100 per barrel.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Oil companies are scratching their heads trying to figure out how to deal with a collapse in oil prices, now below $50 per barrel. But now with rock-bottom oil prices, Statoil has even shelved Arctic drilling plans in its own backyard. That delayed drilling for several consecutive years. Shell announced $4.16

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

One casualty of the oil price downturn could be the megaproject. For years, as conventional oil reserves depleted and became increasingly hard to find, oil companies ventured into far-flung locales to find new sources of production. The collapse of oil prices, however, could kill off the megaproject.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Source: Chevron. Here, Chevron has reduced its steam:oil ratio (i.e.,

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