“It is very ugly for the U.S. oil business and oil exporting countries suffering from fiscal deficits. This cannot go on for long,” said Steve Pruett, president and chief executive officer of Elevation Resources.
He predicts there will be bankruptcies seen this fall and next spring as banks conduct their October and April redeterminations of customers’ borrowing bases.
Stephen C. Taylor, president and chief executive officer of Natural Services Group, agreed and said another source of pain will be oil price hedges of $80 and $90 a barrel expiring, forcing operators to accept lower prices for their production.
“We’ve had some rigs come off, but I feel like we need more rigs to come off. And we’ve seen some production roll off, but not as much as expected. That will happen with the decline curve,” Taylor said.
“There’s still a little more pain to go through before production comes off significantly enough that prices will start to come back up,” he continued. His expectation is it will be sometime next year before a recovery is seen.
Pruett agreed, saying the consensus is oil prices will end the year around $50 to $55 a barrel and $60 by the end of next year.
“No one would be drilling now if they did not believe oil will return to $60 or more per barrel in 12 to 18 months,”
http://www.mrt.com/business/oil/article ... 53253.html Hope wt crude goes to 30/bbl. Will buy healthy operators there left and right.