Largest oil drop in history underway, analysts say

Avro52

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We don't Oil is under 40% of our economy but employs and benefits more than any other industry in our country. Problem is Eastern Canada relies on the excess revenue to top up their economies instead of developing and coping on their own.

That would be great if oil was $160 a barrel. See what happens when it isn't and may never be again. Canada is a one trick pony.
 

Hoid

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It was hitting a buck a liter in BC in the 1990s.

In 1971 when we went metric gas was 11 cents a liter. BY the time it was mandatory in 1979 gas was about 24 cents liter.
 

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I remember the first time I saw gas at over a buck a gallon, it was in Chetwynd in 1977 at $1.016. The pumps weren't able to handle anything over a buck at that time, so we had to double the price of $0.508 showing in the pump.
 

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That would be great if oil was $160 a barrel. See what happens when it isn't and may never be again. Canada is a one trick pony.

Your thinking of royalties, which are next to nothing in Sask. and Alta. The majority of the money raised is through employment, personal income, property taxes, permits, licensing, etc. the spin off businesses and workers account for almost the same in tax revenue.
 

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It was hitting a buck a liter in BC in the 1990s.
In 1971 when we went metric gas was 11 cents a liter. BY the time it was mandatory in 1979 gas was about 24 cents liter.
WHich is over a$1 a gallon. I know math and reality are difficult for you. Maybe if you stuck to things that happened after you were born would help.
 

Avro52

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Your thinking of royalties, which are next to nothing in Sask. and Alta. The majority of the money raised is through employment, personal income, property taxes, permits, licensing, etc. the spin off businesses and workers account for almost the same in tax revenue.

Correct and the rest you are mentioning is worthless if the oil is.
 

Hoid

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12:21 pm CST 27/03/2020

Western Canadian Select
7.200 -20.79%

Is this the bottom?

How can it be? Surplus oil is piling up and at some point there will be no place to put it.
 

spilledthebeer

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12:21 pm CST 27/03/2020

Western Canadian Select
7.200 -20.79%

Is this the bottom?

How can it be? Surplus oil is piling up and at some point there will be no place to put it.




PRICE OF GAS IS UP - 8 cents per litre - overnight near me!
 

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You need to stop or go downhill for that to work.

Really? Isn't oil sand extraction pricey?


Correct... Good thing that the big oil companies (especially oilsand companies) have lots and lots of hedged contracts in place at a price that is many times higher than today's spot price.


PS - here's a hint, today's price is what the traders are willing to pay IF a seller wants to pay it
 

Hoid

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Really? Isn't oil sand extraction pricey?
the CEO of Teck during the Frontier Mine application mentioned that Frontier needed to see $75 a bbl WTI in order to make that project feasible


13:59 pm CST 27/03/2020

WTI Crude
21.59 -4.47%