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Oilsands an emerging global growth star! ?! r6 _' j6 u3 i
ExxonMobil forecast predicts output of four million barrels a day by 20305 n4 Z$ R' R3 s
Gordon Jaremko, The Edmonton Journal
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EDMONTON - As oil leaps towards a new landmark high of $100 US a barrel, the world's top investor-owned producer has singled out Alberta as an emerging global star of production growth.
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Oilsands output will multiply fourfold to more than four million barrels daily by 2030, ExxonMobil Corp. predicts in a new international industry outlook report. And that forecast errs on the conservative side by projecting "fundamentals" of demand and supply trends instead of relying on prices to stay sky-high, ExxonMobil spokesman Allan Jeffers said Tuesday.! V5 M4 K$ X; I* v5 X4 k8 X7 Q
, |# `9 m' V) x! |. _1 b; pOil 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., F# }/ O# s2 @ f& R; _
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( k. R2 g8 J% X0 S+ g/ ~& SGasoline prices in Edmonton were 99.9 cents per litre at many stations on Tuesday.; W, s2 x; d; O( A
Larry Wong, The Journal
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6 @' }4 u. l# mEdmonton 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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6 k4 d7 u5 g' r5 `: wExxonMobil's high oilsands expectations are realistic and reasonable, said Bob Dunbar, an Alberta industry veteran whose Strategy West Inc. specializes in the field.& d v2 p U5 S+ K% u+ A
/ g: }9 a2 @( [8 X! x/ H% I9 oOutput 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.3 H4 g: m& Q U, ]
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While 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.
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3 V1 | `' a0 X; s3 i0 M& w& UWhen 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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