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Oilsands producers should be 'weary' of declining oil prices: analyst
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The Canadian Press
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$ G5 R$ M0 n+ Z9 L8 JCALGARY - Producers in Alberta's oilsands have reason to be nervous if the price of crude oil continues on its downward path, an energy analyst says. * u; u" ]/ a: ?) S
% a! h4 H8 [. u/ b. K3 bVince Lauerman of Geopolitics Central says a barrel of crude oil could fall as low as US$60 for some time if the slowdown in global economic growth ends up being worse than expected. 3 _5 U7 V1 l. V$ f% i% X
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And with that, Lauerman says, the higher cost producers in the oilsands should probably be somewhat weary. ; ~. G: h! f; ? I6 u$ t1 b
+ p; z9 Q$ L- a4 ]& ^; fCrude oil was within reach of double digits Thursday, hovering around US$100 in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 3 Y v8 S% l7 b/ h q
! F1 k: o; ]/ S: ?9 b' [# }That marks a stunning descent from its record above $147 reached in mid-July. |
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