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Oilsands an emerging global growth star( k5 @! A5 h/ U3 V) S) b) [
ExxonMobil forecast predicts output of four million barrels a day by 20308 C: {% E9 w4 H1 Z
Gordon Jaremko, The Edmonton Journal
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EDMONTON - As oil leaps towards a new landmark high of $100 US a barrel, the world's top investor-owned producer has singled out Alberta as an emerging global star of production growth.
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Oilsands output will multiply fourfold to more than four million barrels daily by 2030, ExxonMobil Corp. predicts in a new international industry outlook report. And that forecast errs on the conservative side by projecting "fundamentals" of demand and supply trends instead of relying on prices to stay sky-high, ExxonMobil spokesman Allan Jeffers said Tuesday.
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0 w L! Y, I- v; [) a) w) a8 mOil jumped to $96.67 a barrel, up $2.69 in New York trading Tuesday on fears of global supply disruptions after storms battered North Sea production platforms and guerrillas attacked a pipeline in Yemen.& r9 x# S! F5 }' d c2 T
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9 W+ I" c( f+ j3 aGasoline prices in Edmonton were 99.9 cents per litre at many stations on Tuesday.; D: `& T# B- l9 G4 L, Z; t1 r. r
Larry Wong, The Journal
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! Q+ N/ G5 x. jEdmonton refinery postings for Alberta output Tuesday ranged from $60.74 for low-grade heavy crude to $91.11 for premium oilsands synthetic production. The Canadian benchmarks are translations of international prices, adjusted for pipeline tolls and currency exchange rates.
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ExxonMobil's high oilsands expectations are realistic and reasonable, said Bob Dunbar, an Alberta industry veteran whose Strategy West Inc. specializes in the field." q: A3 X$ ^8 A9 ~8 Q0 j9 ]) U
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Output from the northern bitumen belt would grow to six million barrels a day if all known projects were built on their announced schedules, Dunbar said., b4 E9 K) f$ [6 p9 Y8 X0 e4 G
- e0 `3 l7 T, RWhile no one believes the current spike will last, the looming new record high is seen as confirming that a new era of premium prices has arrived to stay, he said./ G1 z( N8 ?7 K& e5 T k1 o
: S% G) r- n9 w9 X- mWhen the oilsands rush began in the late 1990s developers only relied on markets to stay in a range of $20 to $30 a barrel. To be profitable, new projects today count on sustained averages in a higher band of $60 to $70, Dunbar estimated. |
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