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S&P Global Commodity Insights raises 10-year production outlook for Canadian oil sands

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The new forecast, produced by the S&P Global Commodity Insights Oil Sands Dialogue , expects Canadian oil sands production to reach 3.7 Higher oil prices have driven record returns for the Canadian oil sands. Optimizations now dominate the S&P Global Commodity Insights oil sands production growth outlook.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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IHS Automotive forecasts global automotive sales for 2015 to reach 88.6 For the APAC region in 2015, IHS forecasts that China’s economic growth will decelerate further, to 6.5% However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 million, an increase of 2.4% North America.

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CAR: US light-duty vehicle sales to dip in 2019

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US Light Vehicle Sales, 2015-2018, and CAR’s Forecast, 2019-2025. CAR projects sales to rebound to 16.8 million units by 2022 and continue an upward trend through 2025.

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Supply Crunch Or Oil Glut: Investment Banks Can’t Agree

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This year, shale output forecasts combine with OPEC’s production cuts, geopolitical factors, and unexpected outages to further complicate supply/demand and oil price forecasts by Wall Street’s major investment banks. 2015 saw just six major upstream projects totaling [some] 0.6 shale output. million bpd. million bpd.

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Shell to halt 80K bpd Carmon Creek oil sands project

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Royal Dutch Shell plc will not continue construction of the 80,000 barrel per day Carmon Creek thermal in situ oil sands project located in Alberta, Canada. This is forcing tough choices at Shell. —Chief Executive Officer, Ben van Beurden.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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OPEC next gathers December 4 in Vienna, just over a year since Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi announced at the previous OPEC winter meeting the Saudi decision to let the oil market determine oil prices rather than to continue Saudi Arabia's role of guarantor of $100+/bbl oil. percent in 1H 2015. percent.

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EIA projects world energy use to increase 53% by 2035; oil sands/bitumen and biofuels account for 70% of the increase in unconventional liquid fuels

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World oil prices remain high in the IEO2011 Reference case, but oil consumption continues to grow; both conventional and unconventional liquid supplies are used to meet rising demand. In the IEO2011 Reference case the price of light sweet crude oil (in real 2009 dollars) remains high, reaching $125 per barrel in 2035.

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