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<Here is Reuters update on recent October delay & scale-back of projects in Oil Industry & Canadian Oil Sands. (Reuters missed adding the Oct 28 : Valero Pt Arthur Refinery/Coker Project canceled & several other refinery units/projects delayed).- Charlie Randall>
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FACTBOX-Financial crisis hits global oil investmentReuters – Thursday, October 30, 2008
Oct 29 – The growing financial crisis and plunging energy prices have forced oil companies to scale back spending and delay projects, with expensive ventures in the Canadian oil sands hardest hit.
Below is a list of projects that have been delayed or scaled back in recent months, as well as other related news.
Oct. 29 – Thai refiner and petrochemical firm IRPC: reviews a $1.5 billion investment plan. Has delayed a refinery expansion to 260,000 barrels per day and cut its run rate by 10,000 barrels per day to about 160,000-170,000.
Oct. 23 – Suncor Energy : delays construction of oil sands upgrader for C$20.6 billion Voyageur expansion by one year to 2013. Expansion boosts production from Suncor’s oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, to 550,000 bpd from 350,000.
Oct. 23 – Petro-Canada : mulls deferring upgrader for proposed C$21 billion Fort Hills oil sands project to save up to C$10 billion. Move would mean partners build mine and extraction plant and sell as much as 160,000 barrels a day raw bitumen into open market starting 2011. Decision before year-end.
Oct. 23 – Nexen Inc and Opti Canada : delay decision on second phase of Long Lake oil sands project to some time in 2009. Expansion would double production of synthetic crude to 120,000 barrels a day. First phase cost C$6.1 billion and is now just starting up.
Oct. 23 – Value Creation Group: construction of C$4 billion Heartland upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta, reported halted. First phase would have processed 77,500 barrels a day of bitumen into synthetic crude. Privately held company has regulatory approval for plant with 260,000 bpd capacity.
Oct 22 – Baker Hughes Inc : expects about 200 oil and gas drilling rigs in North America would be idled during the fourth quarter because of the tighter credit markets and the declines in oil and gas prices.
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<Here is Nov Update to Reuters version of Global impact on Energy industry, Refining & Oil Sands project delays – CER>
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FACTBOX-Global energy investment hit by financial crisis
Reuters – Friday, November 28 , 2008
Nov 27 – The growing financial crisis and plunging energy prices have forced companies to scale back spending and delay projects, with expensive ventures in the Canadian oil sands hardest hit.
Below is a list of energy projects that have been delayed or scaled back in recent months, as well as other related news.
Nov 27 – Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> announces a second project delay in its Canadian oil sands holdings. The company said it has withdrawn a request for regulatory approval for its 100,000 bpd Carmon Creek thermal oil sands projects as it tweaks its design to lower costs.
Nov 24 – Russian oil company LUKOIL <LKOH.MM> may delay investment at its Bulgarian refinery, but the plant will keep its crude processing targets for this year and next.
Nov 18 – British energy group BP Plc <BP.L> said it will close its Australian solar-cell factory by end-March 2009 to focus on bigger, lower-cost operations offshore. The factory is the BP’s smallest solar plant.
Nov 17 – Petro-Canada <PCA.TO> defers construction of an upgrader for its C$21 billion Fort Hills oil sands project. It will not make decision on the mine until 2009 as it expects costs to fall as oil sands projects fall by the wayside. It had planned a go-ahead decision in December.
Nov 14 – Austrian oil and gas group OMV AG <OMVV.VI> cuts oil production and gas marketing targets, also reviewing capex.
Nov 13 – Harvest Energy Trust <HTE_u.TO> defers C$2 billion expansion of Come By Chance refinery in Newfoundland. Instead of 75,000 bpd expansion, which would have boosted output to 190,000 bpd, it will work on C$300 million of de-bottlenecking projects.
Nov 6 – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd <CNQ.TO> slows spending on second phase of Horizon oil sands project for 2009 after first phase costs rise to C$9.7 billion, up 42 percent from 2004 estimate. It also scraps timelines for phase 2, which would lift output to 250,000 bpd from 110,000.
Nov 6 – ConocoPhillips <COP.N> and Saudi Aramco halt bidding on 400,000 bpd joint-venture Yanbu refinery in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco previously sought to renegotiate contracts for equipment and a refinery venture with France’s Total SA <TOTF.PA>.
Nov 5 – Saudi Arabia may renegotiate contracts for long-term projects such as the giant Moneefa oilfield expansion and the Karan gas scheme.
Nov 5 – Sunoco Inc <SUN.N> to save $375 million by scrapping upgrade of Tulsa, Oklahoma refinery; still looking to sell plant, which accounts for nearly 10 pct of 910,000 bpd capacity.
Nov 4 – BG postpones decision on whether to proceed with Phase III of Karachaganak field development, which aims to lift oil output to 16 million tonnes per annum from 11 million.
Oct 30 – Royal Dutch Shell Plc <RDSa.L> to delay investment decision on second expansion of Athabasca oil sands project.
Oct 29 – Thai refiner and petrochemical company IRPC <IRPC.BK> reviews $1.5 billion investment plan. Has delayed a refinery expansion and cut run rate by 10,000 bpd.
Oct 27 – FPL Group <FPL.N>, the largest wind-power operator in the U.S. to slash 2009 spending nearly 25 percent to $5.3 billion and new wind-power generation to 1,100 megawatts from 1,500 megawatts.
Oct 23 – Suncor Energy Inc <SU.TO> delays oil sands upgrader for C$20.6 billion Voyageur expansion by one year to 2013. Expansion boosts production from Suncor’s oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, to 550,000 bpd from 350,000.
Oct 23 – Nexen Inc <NXY.TO> and Opti Canada Inc <OPC.TO> delay second phase of Long Lake oil sands project to 2009. Expansion would double production of synthetic crude to 120,000 bpd. First phase cost C$6.1 billion and is now just starting up.
Oct 23 – Value Creation Group’s C$4 billion Heartland upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta, reported halted. First phase would have processed 77,500 bpd of bitumen into synthetic crude. Privately held company has regulatory approval for plant with 260,000 bpd capacity.
Oct 22 – Baker Hughes Inc <BHI.N> expects about 200 oil and gas rigs in North America to be idled during fourth quarter.
Oct 16 – Solar panel maker Evergreen Solar <ESLR.O> warned it will not be able to fund a $400 million production facility needed to meet 2010 contracts if credit markets do not improve in the next nine months.
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