rubid, spot on as far as exploring.
Deep sea drilling break even is oil around 60 bucks.
Land drilling, (Not shale) break even is an easy 8 bucks. Cost of Drilling has decreased a huge % in the last few months. Casing (Steel) is far cheaper, but the Majors and some minors locked in Casing back when oil was trading in the 100s and steel was higher.
Shale drilling is coming to a stop due to the cost of getting the oil/gas out of shale and the transportation cost to get it to pipes.
However, we had a record quarter and a year with our drilling projects.
Smaller drillers, drilling on land are in a far better cash position and will be leading exploration.
Deep sea drilling break even is oil around 60 bucks.
Land drilling, (Not shale) break even is an easy 8 bucks. Cost of Drilling has decreased a huge % in the last few months. Casing (Steel) is far cheaper, but the Majors and some minors locked in Casing back when oil was trading in the 100s and steel was higher.
Shale drilling is coming to a stop due to the cost of getting the oil/gas out of shale and the transportation cost to get it to pipes.
However, we had a record quarter and a year with our drilling projects.
Smaller drillers, drilling on land are in a far better cash position and will be leading exploration.