EIA is pretty good source for tracking costs of production, exploration, etc.
Data is obtained from companies reporting to DOE's FRS (Federal Reporting System, I think). The "Appendix B" reports track income and rates of return. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] peak oil > Thanks. The source I saw all those years ago did it by the barrel. As > I recall, it was like $2/barrel in Saudi Arabia. I suppose I could do > the math on this, but it'd be nice if some public sector bureaucrat > had done the work! > > On Jul 10, 2007, at 10:27 PM, sartesian wrote: > > > 1995-2005 at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/perfpro/btab17.html > > > > Once you factor out taxes and royalties, doesn't seem to correlate > > with > > "scarcity" theory. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] peak oil > > > > > >> On Jul 10, 2007, at 3:30 PM, s.artesian wrote: > >> > >>> Will somebody please, please look at actual lifting costs before > >>> banging this dismal drum about running out of cheap oil? > >> > >> Where do you find them? I once saw, in a BP publication I think, > >> comparisons of lifting costs around the world. But that was a long > >> time ago and I haven't seen anything like it since. > >> > >> Doug > >> >