05.08.2015 - Oil Companies’ Spending Cuts Unlikely to Be Enough
The world’s biggest oil companies have vowed to bring down the costs of big projects in the face of slumping oil prices, but the unrelenting price weakness—with crude below $50 a barrel—suggests they could have to dig deeper still. In the past year, as oil prices plunged 60% from highs of $114 in 2014, U.K. energy giant BP PLC began testing new projects for profitability around $60 a barrel, down from $80 a barrel last year. Its Anglo-Dutch rival Royal Dutch Shell is testing projects at prices as low as $50 a barrel, though its overall price outlook is between $70 and $110 a barrel...............................................Full Article: Source
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