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Oilsands producers should be 'weary' of declining oil prices: analyst/ g. K- z2 Y8 Z; d, V$ g6 G
Thu Sep 11, 3:33 PM
) Q# n! Z: k! Q9 I3 l4 RThe Canadian Press ; [ x* f5 }7 s- k7 d" f
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Vince Lauerman of Geopolitics Central says a barrel of crude oil could fall as low as US$60 for some time if the slowdown in global economic growth ends up being worse than expected. 5 ]3 l$ T; T) G- Z+ u' ]6 W d
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And with that, Lauerman says, the higher cost producers in the oilsands should probably be somewhat weary. " D8 H* s. Z0 v2 h
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Crude oil was within reach of double digits Thursday, hovering around US$100 in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ( q4 m& W9 N2 ^0 ]8 p( ?9 f
7 k( h4 B5 i9 X, b2 B/ U* t |That marks a stunning descent from its record above $147 reached in mid-July. |
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