Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

U.S. Crude Oil Production in 2009 Poised To Show Biggest Jump in Almost 40 Years
The Journal of Business ^ | 11/27/2009

Posted on 11/27/2009 7:01:43 AM PST by Military family member

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts - United States crude oil production for 2009 is on target to have its biggest one-year jump since 1970, according to a Platts analysis of industry data.

With U.S. oil production averaging 5.268 million barrels per day (b/d) through October, the gain in U.S. output will be the most since the country produced 9.637-million b/d in 1970, which turned out to be the peak year of U.S. crude output, according to Platts' analysis of data published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). If that 5.268 million b/d figure holds through December, this year would show a 6.4% boost from the 4.95 million b/d average of 2008 and rank as the best U.S. oil production year since 2004, when output averaged 5.419 million b/d.

(Excerpt) Read more at wabashvalleyjournalonline.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; oil
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

1 posted on 11/27/2009 7:01:43 AM PST by Military family member
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Military family member

Supply and demand, and this implies prices will be lower???

Goldman, JP Morgan, are betting other wise.


2 posted on 11/27/2009 7:04:38 AM PST by BGHater ('The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Military family member

We need the import amount side by side with these numbers.


3 posted on 11/27/2009 7:05:07 AM PST by Sacajaweau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Military family member

What are we trying to do sink Dubai or something? ; )


4 posted on 11/27/2009 7:06:39 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Military family member
Shows how bad the Goldman crowd and other buzzard speculators have been screwing the American public.
5 posted on 11/27/2009 7:32:37 AM PST by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Military family member

Don’t worry. Our bailed out friends in the financial sector will make sure any savings never reaches the consumer.


6 posted on 11/27/2009 7:36:58 AM PST by mysterio
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sacajaweau

We use 22 million barrels a day with Canada being our largest
supplier. This up spike is very temporary as all this new
oil is coming from horizontal drilling which goes into decline
at a much faster rate than normal vertical drilling. In the
next two or three years we will enter a world of hurt when
the worlds major suppliers start restricting exports.


7 posted on 11/27/2009 7:52:53 AM PST by OregonRancher (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
With U.S. oil production averaging 5.268 million barrels per day (b/d) through October, the gain in U.S. output will be the most since the country produced 9.637-million b/d in 1970, which turned out to be the peak year of U.S. crude output, according to Platts' analysis of data published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). If that 5.268 million b/d figure holds through December, this year would show a 6.4% boost from the 4.95 million b/d average of 2008 and rank as the best U.S. oil production year since 2004, when output averaged 5.419 million b/d.

8 posted on 11/27/2009 8:20:47 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Military family member

A big jump from a very low level still doesn’t get you very high. I mean, I’m glad to see it increasing, but it’s not enough.


9 posted on 11/27/2009 9:04:13 AM PST by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BfloGuy
Dubai, IMHO, is about to unleash some oil to pay their bills. This will also hurt others, like OPEC, Russia, ect. This will be good for the US and it's weak dollar. It may also hurt Iran seeking war with Israel. Looks like a win win win deal to me.

Russia produces more oil than Saudi Arabia now and is hoping for Iran to get bombed. The falling dollar was supporting war in the ME and our country refuses to drill for it's own energy security. This will mess up Obama's planned destruction of the US also. This is VERY good news all around, I'd say.

10 posted on 11/27/2009 9:19:23 AM PST by chuckles
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Sacajaweau

Imports would be around 13.5 million barrels per day.


11 posted on 11/27/2009 9:43:15 AM PST by Heliand
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: OregonRancher

So I guess I’ll let the hardwood grow another two or three years. Those are my ‘heat reserves’.


12 posted on 11/27/2009 10:17:34 AM PST by MSF BU (++)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: OregonRancher

So I guess I’ll let the hardwood grow another two or three years. Those are my ‘heat reserves’.


13 posted on 11/27/2009 10:17:59 AM PST by MSF BU (++)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: EGPWS

Dubai is almost toast already = Goodbye Dubai!


14 posted on 11/27/2009 10:44:55 AM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: BfloGuy

The welcome increase is from Bakken structure production in North Dakota. Drilling is inceasing daily, and the future in that region is very bright. North Dakota is now the fourth most productive oil producing state after Alaska, Texas and California.


15 posted on 11/27/2009 11:26:53 AM PST by Melchior
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: MSF BU

You & me both. My gas bill is about $30/mo and I live in AK and I prefer wood heat to alternatives any ways.


16 posted on 11/27/2009 12:26:08 PM PST by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: norraad

Dubai, IMHO, is about to unleash some oil to pay their bills.

Guess again, Dubai has NO oil. Period.


17 posted on 11/27/2009 1:26:28 PM PST by OregonRancher (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Melchior

The welcome increase is from Bakken structure production in North Dakota.

Very, very short term. The structure has at the most about
4.3 billion barrels which is located in a very narrow band
running horizontally to the surface. Horizontal drilling
is expensive and even with fracturing, the holes are money
losers after three or four years.


18 posted on 11/27/2009 1:29:41 PM PST by OregonRancher (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: OregonRancher

My friend, you are so wrong about the life of Bakken holes. You admit, that it has a reserve of four billion barrels. Think, four billion barrels! It is the largest find in the lower 48 in more than fifty years, and the largest since the Alaska North Slope. All the majors are drilling there; Slumberger and Halliburton are investing big. EOD is paying for rail service. Please,do some homework.


19 posted on 11/27/2009 4:41:35 PM PST by Melchior
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

Russia to invest $2 trillion in energy sector, shift focus to Asia
Calgary Herald | November 27, 2009 | Herald News Services
Posted on 11/27/2009 7:53:38 AM PST by thackney
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2395397/posts

Dubai’s Dramatic Drop—Tough times ahead for the oil-rich Muslim statelet.
FrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | Daniel Pipes
Posted on 02/25/2009 5:34:43 AM PST by SJackson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2193593/posts

Obama shifts on offshore oil drilling
AP | 8/1 | MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 08/01/2008 6:51:06 PM PDT by Blackirish
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2055199/posts

Rush to exploit new offshore oil hampered by shortage of drilling ships
IHT, via Drudge | June 18, 2008 | Jad Mouawad & Martin Fackler
Posted on 06/19/2008 7:06:04 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2033317/posts


20 posted on 11/27/2009 5:02:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson