If you are sitting in an oilfield and you are surprised that oil prices plummeted when Dodd/Frank limits on NYMEX and CBOE speculating took effect... I would think that if my livelihood depended on oil prices being $100 I would be paying attention. I never thought it would lose half its value in 3 months but then again, I got out of speculating in '08 (I had no choice, I lost all my money) so I haven't been paying attention. Don't panic, it will come back to $80 in a few months.
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Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by orangepicker, Jan 1, 2015.
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we can hope it's back at $80 in a few months but ya never know. i read somewhere, i'm looking for the link know, that some of the big players are leveraged pretty well for the year. EOG is one i specifically remember being leveraged at around $80ish a barrel for over 75% of what they can produce for the 2015 year. the question is do they pump the oil and deliver on those contracts, or buy them back for say $60 a barrel and pocket the $20 a barrel profit and not pump anything? i know what i'd do if i was them.
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Well guess what... they are not going to drill and frac forever. ...but after the wells are drilled then 99% of their expenses are gone.. so they are not going to shut in the wells and quit producing....That's where the oil company makes all of its money..they will continue to pump oil till it cost more to pump then sell and make any profit. .. so ,yes, if you work on rig or you do service work or haul frac sand,then u might want to find another job... but for us crude drivers and some water haulers, we still have a job security till the stop making fuels out of crude oil... that is beyond my lifetime
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Keep in mind as well that OPEC has lowered its bbl price as well and when they do that... the "supply and demand" will dictate the price per bbl in US produced oil& gas. Thus, leading to decreased prices to remain competitive with the foreign oil market. Companies make less per bbl, the less exploration and continued production (based on lifting cost as stated by Guntoter) there will be... companies cut back costs to operate, drillers, contractors and service companies get stacked and people get laid off...
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Currently Im working as a fueler were still working and supervisor is saying there turning down. I've been working in oilfield for three yrs now first time Frac and currently driver/ fueler is this the right time to start looking for something else or will things maybe get better?
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Well if they stop or slow down drilling and fracing, and that is the only place u deliver too, its gonna hurt yall,. I would switch to go petro or somewhere like that
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