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Oil over $60 now
Posted on 12/29/17 at 9:00 am
Posted on 12/29/17 at 9:00 am
What say you, petro swamis? Is $60 really the magic number for the depressed O&G Industry? New hiring wave? Will it hold? Are the oil companies dusting off their stacked rigs? Or is this just a head fake?
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Posted on 12/29/17 at 9:10 am to tigerpawl
Hopefully the gas price at the pump stays low.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 9:25 am to tigerpawl
US rig count bottomed out Sept of last year I thought. Been mostly rising since then to more than 900 rigs now. I could be wrong, I'm not so familiar with us rig activity.
ETA - I expect some posters to come in explaining the oil price changes with precise economic, financial, and geopolitical analyses. We are all very good at explaining what were observe, but suck arse at predicting it.
ETA - I expect some posters to come in explaining the oil price changes with precise economic, financial, and geopolitical analyses. We are all very good at explaining what were observe, but suck arse at predicting it.
This post was edited on 12/29/17 at 9:35 am
Posted on 12/29/17 at 2:22 pm to Spirit of Dunson
dear baby Jesus please keep going up and make my Engineering Degree useful again.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 2:58 pm to Spirit of Dunson
I think you are mostly correct from what little I know about it all.
Pretty sure I read that Shell has the ability to make money offshore with their new assets when oil is above $40.
Pretty sure I read that Shell has the ability to make money offshore with their new assets when oil is above $40.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 3:41 pm to notiger1997
quote:Ditto for Chevron
Pretty sure I read that Shell has the ability to make money offshore with their new assets when oil is above $40.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 3:41 pm to tigerpawl
Currently, WTI is above $60 mostly due to a relatively flat rig count over the last two or so months. Rig counts started to dip in sept/oct and then bumped up but have been close to the same since for the 2nd half of 2017.
However, Libya & Forties outages have caused Brent to go up, thusly WTI due to the larger spread in price and the fact that the US now exports.
But for future predictions, I see it lowering back down a shade to $55 til April, plant work-overs and maintenance will build some crude inventories...but come next summer, you're going to see crude, gasoline, and distillates stocks cratering thus driving prices probably close to $70-75 by the end of next year, unless the OPEC deal falls apart before the scheduled termination date.
Dallas Fed is giving the idea that they are not going to be funding shale companies into infinity to increase drilling for the foreseeable future. Investors are wanting to see real returns, so I believe any increase in WT shale drilling will be tempered but increase next year.
I see offshore projects, moving on schedule but still slow. Offshore will take a while. After watching ENI with Zohr I don't foresee the future of offshore as 8-10 year megaprojects anymore. Supers and JV's with mid-majors are going to be getting projects on stream much quicker in the next decade into the future to lower their breakeven price.
I really hope the operators are going to be moving personnel this year though, I don't want to be stuck at a service company as a geologist.
However, Libya & Forties outages have caused Brent to go up, thusly WTI due to the larger spread in price and the fact that the US now exports.
But for future predictions, I see it lowering back down a shade to $55 til April, plant work-overs and maintenance will build some crude inventories...but come next summer, you're going to see crude, gasoline, and distillates stocks cratering thus driving prices probably close to $70-75 by the end of next year, unless the OPEC deal falls apart before the scheduled termination date.
Dallas Fed is giving the idea that they are not going to be funding shale companies into infinity to increase drilling for the foreseeable future. Investors are wanting to see real returns, so I believe any increase in WT shale drilling will be tempered but increase next year.
I see offshore projects, moving on schedule but still slow. Offshore will take a while. After watching ENI with Zohr I don't foresee the future of offshore as 8-10 year megaprojects anymore. Supers and JV's with mid-majors are going to be getting projects on stream much quicker in the next decade into the future to lower their breakeven price.
I really hope the operators are going to be moving personnel this year though, I don't want to be stuck at a service company as a geologist.
This post was edited on 12/29/17 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 12/29/17 at 4:33 pm to MadtownTiger
I think that OPEC will discontinue these cuts once they see the market coming back into balance. They may hold the current cuts to bolster each of their economies for a bit but will ramp up production once they see the U.S independents continued drilling efforts in West Texas and other areas.
Should be an interesting 2018. Major pipeline projects are scheduled for construction and more are being proposed.
Should be an interesting 2018. Major pipeline projects are scheduled for construction and more are being proposed.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:51 pm to bayoutiger225
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Should be an interesting 2018. Major pipeline projects are scheduled for construction and more are being proposed.
Ya I know KinderMorgan has a JV with several operators in West Texas to start the Gulf Coast Express Project, that's a 1.92 BCF/D pipeline.
NAmerico also has another 42" pipeline with a very similar track to Corpus Christi that is pegged for 1.85 BCF/D.
Both aren't slated for service til Q3 2019 though, but at that point, you're going to see WT projects rolling pretty quick.
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