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Oil price crash means £55bn of projects face axe
Telegraph (UK) ^ | 13 December 2014 | Andrew Critchlow

Posted on 12/14/2014 7:34:21 PM PST by Lorianne

Dozens of new oil projects in the North Sea and Europe could be shelved as falling prices force international oil companies to tear up their investment plans.

Global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie has said that 32 potential European oil field developments containing 4.9bn barrels of oil equivalent are waiting for approval on more than $87bn (£55bn) of funding. These could be at risk should oil prices fall below $60 per barrel.

“Major projects and investment in the UK and across Continental and Mediterranean Europe could be at risk if prices stay below $80 per barrel, as over 70pc of the pre-FID [final investment decision] reserves in each region have a break-even [price] in excess of $60 per barrel,” James Webb, lead analyst for Continental and Mediterranean Europe upstream research at Wood Mackenzie, told The Sunday Telegraph.

“Whereas in Norway almost 80pc of reserves require an oil price of less than $60 per barrel to break even,” he said.

Norway’s output is expected to increase by 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) to average almost 1.9m bpd in 2014, despite the recent slump in prices.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: energy; jameswebb; norway; oil; opec; russia; saudiarabia; unitedkingdom; woodmackenzie

1 posted on 12/14/2014 7:34:21 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

More like a hiatus...


2 posted on 12/14/2014 8:34:53 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Lorianne

Perhaps the answer to this for the U.S. is for the federal government to give a tax credit for oil production in the United States only for oil that was consumed in the United States. This tax credit would essentially set a stable minimum price within our country. This would shield our producers and serve our national security interests by using our own oil instead of buying it from our enemies.


3 posted on 12/14/2014 8:41:10 PM PST by babygene
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To: Lorianne

It’s being reported all over the Houston media that this will hurt Texas.


4 posted on 12/14/2014 9:50:38 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (My love affair with an abuser is over. Support a third party.)
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To: Lorianne

Well just damn. All I know is it cost me 20 dollars less to fill my tank today than it has since I can’t remember. Here we are with a chance to break away from dependence on muzzie oil and they’re gonna throw it away because the ridiculous profits won’t be there right off the bat? It’ll go back up. They’ll get their sweat and blood from us all.

We really, really need to have sources other than the muzzies for our oil. It’s a huge strategic move.


5 posted on 12/14/2014 10:26:47 PM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: babygene

Easier move would be to pull ALL American troops out of the Middle East and tell the world, “We gave Israel nukes. They can deal with it.”


6 posted on 12/15/2014 12:37:12 AM PST by Rodamala
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To: babygene
Perhaps the answer to this for the U.S. is for the federal government to give a tax credit for oil production in the United States only for oil that was consumed in the United States.

NO!!!

No additional governmental picking of winners and losers in the market.

There is no reason to take money from tax payers and give it to parts of another.

7 posted on 12/15/2014 4:47:00 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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