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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 00:36:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', 'A')nd for the record, the facts do not support that we are back at production levels seen previously. There is no proof other than conjecture that it will go above those numbers. Using All liquids is also nothing more than an intentional obfuscation.

AP, I just showed you a chart demonstrating the FACT that crude oil production is now at "levels seen previously." At 73 million bpd, it is at the same level it was for much of 2005-2008. That is a "level seen previously." And the recent trend is that it is headed back up, as you can see from the chart. When you said "production levels seen previously" you were being deliberately vague in an attempt to cover your tail. Sorry, that won't work. If you insist on using vague terms to cover your arse, then I will interpret it any way I please, because by using deliberately vague terms you are inviting people to interpret them.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 00:58:12

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', 'A')necdotaly I'm starting to see a lot of commentary on short term project development and financing being "safe", but longer term, into next year is appearing to be in jeopardy.

It's something that is going to be held closely to the vest with the financial turmoil going on. No one is freely going to admit they are cancelling production projects for fear of their stock prices taking a hit.

I think we all knew that a dive in price like we have seen is going to have a huge impact on the near term future in the oil patch. Not surprising at all to me.

But as I look back at some of the older posts, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised AP is now being deliberately vague, because his previous predictions leave much to be desired. For example, in this post above he tells us that going into next year (which would be 2009) oil projects would be in jeopardy. And he also tells us the near term future of the oil patch wold be severly impacted.

But, alas, as soon as early 2009 came around, crude oil production started going back up, and it's risen almost 2 million bpd since then! :lol: In other words, all his talk about imminent doom in the oil patch have turned out to be a Big Fat Nothing.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 15:00:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'B')ut, alas, as soon as early 2009 came around, crude oil production started going back up, and it's risen almost 2 million bpd since then! :lol: In other words, all his talk about imminent doom in the oil patch have turned out to be a Big Fat Nothing.


Once again for new readers who need both sides of the story, OF's obvious lack of comprehension needs to be pointed out.

I never said "imminent doom" I said huge impact. We have taken by some estimates up to 4mbpd off the table, possibly more. I'd call that a huge impact. Refining is in serious trouble and in case others haven't noticed a decent percentage of that capability has been shut down and its not due to demand its due to a lack of profits. That lack of profits is partly due to the recent economic downturn caused by the current credit based recession. The facts are that we are NOT at previous levels of production(despite OF's numerous charts) and there is a reason. Demand is one, the other is the price of crude, along with the capital and banking markets STILL BEING LOCKED UP.

It remains to be seen what the real outcome of that paradigm is as we are STILL in economic troubles. I do not doubt that with higher crude prices things can rebound, I never said they wouldn't and i never said there was a time frame attached to any of it. My observations were born out in late 08 and early 09 by large reductions in funding both in capital and operations costs all around the industry. That was manifest in canceled or delayed projects in 08 and 09. I provided many links proving this. OF can refute it all he wants BUT IT ALREADY HAPPENED.

Over a year has transpired and as anyone who reads and comprehends what I was saying can see that particular hiccup in the industry can and WILL heal itself with higher crude prices. That was my point from the beginning and I believe it to be correct. The important thing to take away from all of this is that it is going to take much higher crude prices for the industry to "recover". We all will feel that contrary to all the corny claims of "plenty".

Now back to your regular scheduled bash fast..enjoy. 8)
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 15:08:15

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'A')P, I just showed you a chart demonstrating the FACT that crude oil production is now at "levels seen previously." At 73 million bpd, it is at the same level it was for much of 2005-2008. That is a "level seen previously."


Semantics my good man. Its purely your delusion which can claim production is at "levels seen previously". Even the cornies at CERA might not agree.

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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 16:14:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', ' ')The facts are that we are NOT at previous levels of production

Yes we are. We are now at the same level of production we were for much of 2005-2008. Notice this chart of crude oil production - which is more recent than your own - is just above 73 million bpd . . . same as it was for much of those 4 recent years.

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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 19:10:30

Gee I can play that game too, you have no legs here OF, except a trend which may or may not come to pass.

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Im done with you. Wasting my time, peddle your fantasies to someone who might listen, good luck.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby Velociryx » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 21:22:20

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')irline Pilot: The facts are that we are NOT at previous levels of production


We aren't?

Here's your (latest) graph.

IF your statement is true, then we'll not see any "dots" on it, past the current mark.

And if you ignore those points (you know, the fact that we've been at these levels of production in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004)...YOU'RE RIGHT! (and of course we're currently far above all points before that, so we'll not count those)

*shakes head, mystified*
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 22:17:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', 'G')ee I can play that game too, you have no legs here OF, except a trend which may or may not come to pass.

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Im done with you. Wasting my time, peddle your fantasies to someone who might listen, good luck.

I'm going to have soooo much fun with this graph! :lol:
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 22:39:51

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Velociryx', '
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We aren't?



Nope, by my simple math we are still several mbpd short.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby Velociryx » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 22:48:03

So then, you are saying that your own graph is incorrect?

If so...why bother to post it, because clearly (as indicated by the dots on your own graph, and the horizontal line running thru the production data--also shown on your own graph...clearly, we are.

Conclusion: Either your "simple math" is wrong, or the graph is wrong.

I am simply wondering which.

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PS: still haven't been able to locate that quote, eh? I'll keep waiting. ;)
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 22:48:51

Several mbpd short???

:lol: :lol:

Maybe you need glasses AP, but as of the latest data, we are less than 2 million bpd short of the all-time record.

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But in your clear desperation, you have now shifted your claim from "previous levels of production" to the monthly production record of July 2008.

The idiocy of this argument is the assumption that we *need* that much production right now, and the fact that we aren't there indicates that oil companies were affected by the credit crunch and are *unable* to produce a new record right now.

Breaking news AP: There is right now insufficient demand for a new oil production record! The reason they are not pumping record amounts of oil right now has nothing to do with whether producers are able to or not.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:13:30

OF your the one who made the claim, I just point out the facts. Your opinion is that we are back at previous levels of production mine is not.

On the CERA chart I see we are still almost 2mbpd apart from 08's high. I consider that previous levels. Next.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:16:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'T')he reason they are not pumping record amounts of oil right now has nothing to do with whether producers are able to or not.


That is your opinion. You have absolutely no proof other than conjecture that this IS the case. It may or may not be. We need to get farther down the road to know.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:17:03

OMG . . . . :lol:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', 'A')nd for the record, the facts do not support that we are back at production levels seen previously.

And:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', 'O')n the CERA chart I see we are still almost 2mbpd apart from 08's high. I consider that previous levels. Next.

You could at least admit you are now directly contradicting yourself!! :lol:
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby Velociryx » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:20:32

riiiiight.

So...we are back to production levels we've seen previously, but....

(and here's where the classic AP-Logic kinda loses me)

...because they're not more than the all time HIGH production....we....

(struggling with the l.o.g.i.c....)

we're not back to production levels previously seen.....

:?:

Because of course, "back to production levels we've previously seen" and "all time high" are the .... same thing on this planet?

I'm so confused.

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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby Velociryx » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:23:32

I think we need a "talk like AP day" here on po.com

I'll start:

Oily - CLEARLY all the so-called "finds" you list in your "recent discoveries" thread are not really finds at all yet, because not all of the claimed oil has been pumped out of the ground yet!

How, sir...How can you POSSIBLY make the claim that these are finds when it is still in the ground!?

This is yet another example of your sad, twisted logic, Oily, and I for one, am deeply disappointed. ;)

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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:24:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AirlinePilot', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', 'T')he reason they are not pumping record amounts of oil right now has nothing to do with whether producers are able to or not.


That is your opinion. You have absolutely no proof other than conjecture that this IS the case. It may or may not be. We need to get farther down the road to know.

>>> News from February 1, just 4 days ago <<<
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he International Energy Agency in Paris estimated in December the sustainable production capacity for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries at 35.4 million b/d, with actual output at 29.05 million b/d, leaving a spare capacity of 6.35 million b/d. That spare capacity drops to 5.37 million b/d if less dependable producers such as Iraq, Nigeria, and Venezuela are eliminated.

The US Energy Information Administration put OPEC's spare production capacity in December at 5.03 million b/d, zeroing out Algeria, Ecuador, Iraq, Nigeria, and Venezuela. It estimates OPEC's maximum production capacity at 34 million b/d.

73.1 mbpd + 5.03 mbpd (the lowest number) = 78.13 mbpd, easily a new record. As I said, the only reason why we are not seeing record production right now is because there is insufficient demand for record production. If there were actual demand for a new production record, OPEC spare capacity alone would be capable of fulfilling it.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby Velociryx » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:26:30

Okay, I call foul.

Oily, has that source been approved by one of the prophets?

If not, you can't use it.

You should know better!

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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:27:51

I do not agree that OPEC has that kind of spare capacity. More pragmatic analysis would place it somewhere below 4, possibly as small as 2.5mbpd, but of course that isnt right since no cornucopian agency agrees with that.

Once again your throwing around VERY QUESTIONABLE data and claiming it gospel.
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Re: Credit crunch impacts on production

Unread postby copious.abundance » Thu 04 Feb 2010, 23:29:28

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Velociryx', 'O')kay, I call foul.

Oily, has that source been approved by one of the prophets?

If not, you can't use it.

You should know better!

-=Vel=-
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Oh, but surely you know Vel that any possibility of OPEC spare capacity as stated by the IEA or the EIA is a lie. Anything that might suggest a new oil production record is currently possible must be a lie, because . . . . just because. :wink:
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