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What Should the Long-Run Oil Price Be?

Rigzone

per barrel) and, in nominal terms, roughly where it was in 2007” “The price has been stuck close to $70 per barrel for several years and while the volume and type of trading along the curve is not what it was 15- 20 years ago, inertia at a low price still sends a powerful negative investment signal,” the analysts noted.

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Oil majors compete for Libya’s first exploration tender since 2011 war

Oil & Gas 360º

Authorities target daily oil output of 2 million barrels before 2030 — surpassing the 1.75 Libya last held a bidding round in 2007, four years before the NATO-backed uprising in which Qaddafi was killed. million-barrel peak reached during strongman Muammar Qaddafi’s reign in 2006. Libya currently pumps about 1.4 million bpd.

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BOEM proposes oil, gas lease sale for 80 million acres in Gulf

Oil & Gas 360º

To encourage industry interest, the agency is proposing a 16 ⅔ percent royalty rate for both shallow- and deepwater tracts, the lowest deepwater rate since 2007. “To

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Libya’s first oil bid round in 18 years offers production sharing contracts

Oil & Gas 360º

The previous such bid round was held in 2007, four years before the toppling of Muammar Ghaddafi in 2011, which led to a protracted civil war in the country with various factions and tribal interests vying for control of key institutions and major oilfields. Libyas crude oil production currently exceeds 1.4

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Latest EIA Report – product prices and pipeline news

The Energy Law

Since Wednesday, August 15, all prices reported in the weekly chart (for both natural gas and crude oil) have decreased as Hurricane Dean failed to have a significant impact on domestic production in the Gulf of Mexico, and temperatures moderated demand. Natural gas volumes in storage continue to increase. Bbl DOWN $4.06

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EIA Lastest News – Product Prices & Pipeline News

The Energy Law

Crude oil was up over $2 per barrel. Predictions of an underuse of an LNG regasification capacity continue. . – Transco Gas Pipeline Corporation released a notice on September 4 regarding firm backhaul transportation service for winter 2007-2008. The service period will be from October 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008.

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EIA Report – Product Prices and Pipeline News

The Energy Law

The Energy Information Agency reported as follows in its September 13, 2007, report: Since Wednesday, September 5, natural gas spot prices increased as tropical storms threatened to disrupt supplies and pipeline explosions in Mexico stirred concerns of supply security.