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
> >>
>

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