Monday, August 1, 2016

Texas shale oil has fought Saudi Arabia to a standstill: Pre-tax production costs $2.25 a barrel.

Via Billy

Orion Drilling Co's Perseus rig in Webb County, Texas

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Opec's worst fears are coming true. Twenty months after Saudi Arabia took the fateful decision to flood world markets with oil, it has still failed to break the back of the US shale industry.

The Saudi-led Gulf states have certainly succeeded in killing off a string of global mega-projects in deep waters. Investment in upstream exploration from 2014 to 2020 will be $1.8 trillion less than previously assumed, according to consultants IHS. But this is a bitter victory at best.

North America's hydraulic frackers are cutting costs so fast that most can now produce at prices far below levels needed to fund the Saudi welfare state and its military machine, or to cover Opec budget deficits.

More @ Telegraph

2 comments:

  1. So when is gasoline going to go back down below $1/gallon?

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    1. :) I remember it at 18 cents when there were gas wars in Virginia Beach. People actually had tanks out underground in their back yards to fill up when the price floored.

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