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

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Higher crude prices and continued optimization improvements have driven the first upward revision to the S&P Global Commodity Insights 10-year oil sands production outlook in more than half a decade. Higher oil prices have driven record returns for the Canadian oil sands.

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IHS Markit: Canadian oil sands production exceeds pre-pandemic levels, but lower than prior projections

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Canadian oil sands production has fully recovered from last year’s “COVID-19 Shock”—the largest contraction of upstream production in Canadian history—and has exceeded pre-pandemic levels. The latest forecast by the IHS Markit Oil Sands Dialogue expects Canadian oil sands production to reach 3.6

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IHS Markit: small long-term change for Canadian oil sands despite COVID-19 Shock & largest annual production decline in 2020

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Canadian oil sands production is expected to decline by nearly 175,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2020 as a result of COVID-19—the largest annual decline on record. The new forecast by the IHS Markit Oil Sands Dialogue , which takes into account the “COVID-19 shock,” projects Canadian oil sands production to reach 3.8

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IHS Markit: Canadian oil sands production to be ~1M barrels higher by 2030 but with lower annual growth; boosted by deterioration in Venezuela

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Canadian oil sands production is set to enter a period of slower annual production growth compared to previous years. Large scale oil sands projects take two, three, four or more years to be brought online and so the reality of a slower pace of investment and growth in the Canadian oil sands is taking shape.

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American Sands Energy announces successful operation of oil sand pilot facility in Utah

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American Sands Energy Corp., an oil sands exploration and development company operating in the state of Utah, announced the successful operation of its oil sand recovery pilot facility. This is a key differentiator between us and more traditional oil sand companies.

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China’s CNOOC to acquire Canada-based Nexen for $15.1B; offshore oil and gas, oil sands, and shale gas

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CNOOC Limited—China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world—is acquiring all of the Common Shares of Canada-based energy company Nexen Inc. The price represents a premium of. billion cash.

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CAPP forecasts oil sands development still drives steady Canadian oil production growth to 2030

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However, the new forecast represents a slowing of future oil sands production growth compared to the predictions of last year’s forecast. According to CAPP’s 2014 Crude Oil Forecast, Markets and Transportation , total Canadian crude oil production will increase to 6.4 CAPP forecast. Click to enlarge. In 2013, 1.9

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