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The oil and gas boom in the United States was made possible by the extensive credit afforded to drillers. Not only has financing come from company shareholders and traditional banks, but hundreds of billions of dollars have also come from junk-bond investors looking for high returns. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.
With oilprices low and showing no sign of an immediate rebound, the industry is beginning to pull back on spending. Oilprices 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.
“Unless there’s a significant reversal in oilprices, we’re going to see continued declines in the rig count, especially those drilling for oil,” James Williams, president of WTRG Economics, told Fuel Fix in an interview. “We We could easily see the oil rig count down 100 by the end of the year, or more.”
As oilprices remain unsteady and OPEC continues to make headlines every hour, the world is focused on oil’s immediate future. With this kind of impending discrepancy between supply and demand, the industry needs to start looking for new sources of oil, and quickly. by Haley Zaremba for Oilprice.com.
Saudi Arabia has long enjoyed the status of being the top crude oil exporter in the world. With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the major driving forces behind the current oilprice slump. Is Saudi Arabia losing the oilprice war? “It Source: [link].
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. The industry did not log a single “giant” oil field.
Oilprices have climbed by about 50 percent from their February lows, topping $40 per barrel. But the rally could be reaching its limits, at least temporarily, as persistent oversupply and the prospect of new shale production caps any potential price increase. That has sparked a renewed sense of optimism among oil traders.
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With OPEC breaking down and any kind of coordination among its members on price cuts looking increasingly unlikely, it now appears that oilprices could remain below $50 a barrel for a year or more. Stripper-operated wells account for all of the oil production in the state of Illinois, for instance.
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The impact of rising oilprices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. Too many analysts continue to believe drilling and service has the same problem with rising oilprices. by David Yager for Oilprice.com.
has built and delivered 12 dimethyl ether (DME) feed pumps to Shanghai Diesel Engine Company. The company developed this first generation feed pump several years ago and has sold units into Korea, to the Korean Institute for Energy Research, and to a European engine manufacturer. Alternative Fuel Technologies, Inc.
Columbia and Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas says it has: “No question we’re seeing the effects of lower oilprices throughout the economy.”. Bernard Weinstein, Ph.D., However, the decline continues to hammer drillers and producers hardest.
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The Ulsan, South Korea-based company will first export the engine to an onshore gas-powered power plant in the Middle East after final paint and packing work. Due to high oilprices and strengthening regulations on emissions, the demand for gas engines is increasing.
an energy and gasification technology company, has received a $5.0 million strategic investment from fertilizer company Zuari Industries Limited of India in exchange for approximately 2.2 Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., million shares of SES common stock.
Approximately 60% of the fourth quarter margins were hedged during the summer, which limits our short-term capability to capture the full value of palm oilprice decline, the company noted. Neste expects Renewable Fuels’ results to improve compared to the third quarter, and to be close to breakeven.
Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity could grow by nearly 20% from the current 93 million barrels per day to 110.6 Such an increase in capacity could prompt a plunge or even a collapse in oilprices, he suggests.
High oilprices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.
Upstream spending is back to pre-2008 levels as producers, excluding NOCs (national oilcompanies) and OPEC organizations, are expected to spend close to $270 billion in 2013.
But in the face of the car-market meltdown, oilprices that have risen from $30 to $80 a barrel within months, and growing global environmental concerns, rules, and regulations, Honda has. Honda has the highest average fleet mileage of any volume carmaker selling in the U.S. market today. And it's had that distinction for many years.
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North American start-ups have attracted 76% of transactions (377) and 87% of investment dollars ($6 billion) since 2003 due to the booming heavy oil and tight oil/shale gas market. European companies have also raised significant funding, with $770 million from 107 transactions, Lux found.
Many oilcompanies had trimmed their budgets heading into 2015 to deal with lower oilprices. But the collapse of prices in July—owing to the Iran nuclear deal, an ongoing production surplus, and economic and financial concerns in Greece and China—have darkened the mood. told the WSJ. “
Countries with significant dependence on foreign imports of oil will likely show increased interest in algae-based biofuels if oilprices continue to rise over the next decade. If early-mover companies and pilot projects run into serious setbacks, expect a retrenchment among private capital interests.
The resulting crash in oilprices is forcing some production out of the market, and Saudi Arabia intends for the brunt of that to be borne by others. There is a lag between movements in the oilprice and corresponding changes in production. But the effects of the oilprice crash are now being felt.
Oilcompanies continue to get burned by low oilprices, but the pain is bleeding over into the financial industry. Major banks are suffering huge losses from both directly backing some struggling oilcompanies, but also from buying high-yield debt that is now going sour. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.
During the last three years, companies operating in the Permian basin have drilled much longer laterals and used substantially more complex well completion design in their newer wells with the aim of reaching higher initial production (IP) rates. On 25 June, the price of a 42-gallon barrel of West Texas Intermediate Crude (WTI) was $68.08.
The party is over for tight oil. Despite brash statements by US producers and misleading analysis by Raymond James, low oilprices are killing tight oilcompanies. Reports this week from IEA and EIA paint a bleak picture for oilprices as the world production surplus continues. Party On, Dude!
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This comes at a time when companies are facing a prolonged period of lower prices and when access to financing from capital markets has become difficult, the report says. It all represents the strongest headwinds for shale producers since the oilprice collapse in 2015. —Raoul LeBlanc. —Raoul LeBlanc.
Responding to press articles saying that the collapse of the global oilprice is threatening oil and gas production in the off-shore Brazil pre-salt layer, Petrobras countered that it is expanding its production capacity “in an economically viable manner.”
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