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Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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First production is expected in 2016. Kazakhstan/Russia: Caspian Pipeline expansion. Global exploration funding is expected to be $3 billion in 2012. This planned spending includes initial appraisal of new acreage captured over the past two years, including Liberia, China and various international shale gas plays.

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Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

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The collapse in prices may mean we don’t see more white elephants like the Kashagan project in Kazakhstan, an offshore boondoggle that has required more than a decade of development, tens of billions of dollars, and still won’t come online for a few more years. The ratings agency cut its forecasted oil price for 2016 to just $48 per barrel.

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