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Oilsands producers should be 'weary' of declining oil prices: analyst
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The Canadian Press
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0 O4 Z6 F' p! q" |) H( Z' h" `1 DCALGARY - Producers in Alberta's oilsands have reason to be nervous if the price of crude oil continues on its downward path, an energy analyst says. e `5 d+ r! v* ?2 K4 I4 `
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Vince Lauerman of Geopolitics Central says a barrel of crude oil could fall as low as US$60 for some time if the slowdown in global economic growth ends up being worse than expected. , G2 T3 x1 f7 M7 f9 P( B
: o {, l- q7 L' p% YAnd with that, Lauerman says, the higher cost producers in the oilsands should probably be somewhat weary.
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3 x: d7 ^: Z3 E- R0 T& Z" u" T/ tCrude oil was within reach of double digits Thursday, hovering around US$100 in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. / @' Z+ K8 N5 L e7 ?. J" Z
: C9 S$ z7 h8 z9 E- `That marks a stunning descent from its record above $147 reached in mid-July. |
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