OPEC Acknowledges Threat of U.S. Oil
http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/opec-acknowledges-threat-of-u-s-oil-20131108
November 8, 2013
OPEC has previously downplayed U.S. oil production but now seems ready to acknowledge the potential threat of an American energy boom, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries released its annual World Oil Outlook on Thursday, predicting a surge in petroleum production from both the U.S. and Canada through 2018 that is significantly higher than estimates it released last year.
The report also warned that the U.S. oil boom could cut demand for oil from OPEC nations by 1 million barrels per day within the next five years.
OPEC Expects North American Shale Oil Output to Jump
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303763804579183510128371686
Nov. 8, 2013
Two years after dismissing North America’s shale-oil boom as “marginal,” OPEC changed its tune Thursday, acknowledging new extraction technology could sharply cut the need for the group’s own oil.
In its annual World Oil Outlook, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said new oil supply from Canada and the U.S. would reach 4.9 million barrels a day within five years. That is more than double last year’s forecast of 1.7 million barrels a day by 2018.
As a result, global needs for the group’s own crude will be one million barrels a day less by 2018, OPEC said.
OPEC, which groups some of the world’s biggest producers, has been slow to recognize the scale of North America’s oil boom. In the same report in 2011, it said “shale oil should not be viewed as anything more than a source of marginal additions” to global supply.
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