This is the SPRE presentation from four experts on their 2017 oil price outlooks at the October 2016 full-house Society of Petroleum Resources Economists' meeting in Houston. They included Carl Larry (Frost & Sullivan), Raoul LeBlanc (IHS), Afo Ogunnaike (Wood Mackenzie) and Tony Starkey (S&P Global, Platts). The meeting was opened by JC Rovillain (Enhanced Value Recovery) and the panel discussion was moderated by Javan Meinwald (Marketing Upstream). Check out the YouTube video for the compete presentations and the panel discussion. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1sXSv6-jXlbBCQwtcB3kUA
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3. Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
2017 Oil Price Outlook
Carl Larry, Frost & Sullivan
Raoul LeBlanc, IHS
Afolabi Ogunnaike, Wood Mackenzie
Anthony Starkey, S&P Global Platts
4. SPRE Oil Outlook 2017:
Distinguished Experts
Carl Larry is the Director and Principal Consultant for O&G at Frost & Sullivan and
he is the President of Oil Outlooks and Opinions.
He has spoken at oil conferences around the world and is a contributor to CNBC, CNN,
Bloomberg and PBS. From APPEC in Singapore to OPEC in Vienna, his views and insight into
the oil markets are highly regarded. His experience in the industry has covered financial
funds, commercial producers and physical trading shops.
Prior to Frost & Sullivan, Carl has worked at Credit Suisse, Citi Bank, Barclay’s Capital, ABN
AMRO and Calyon Financial.
Raoul LeBlanc is a Vice President of the IHS Financials team evaluating the
dynamic North American onshore arena.
As a veteran of the industry and a former partner at PFC Energy, Raoul brings 20 years of
experience in strategic and industry analysis. Familiar with a wide range of corporate and
market issues, he has extensive experience with North American independents, upstream
assets, and natural gas markets. Prior to IHS, Raoul worked at Anadarko Petroleum where he
directed the company's Strategic Planning effort and was a member of it’s Mergers and
Acquisitions team.
Prior to Anadarko, Raoul was a senior oil analyst at Energy Security Analysis.
5. SPRE Oil Outlook 2017:
Distinguished Experts
Afolabi Ogunnaike is a Senior Analyst at Wood Mackenzie focused on the North
America crude oil markets.
He develops short and long term oil price forecasts for North American crude oil grades.
Recent projects include assessments of Canadian crude oil transportation constraints, US oil
exports and impact of changing crude slate on refineries profitability. Afolabi provides
support for strategic planning and market analysis professionals in industry, finance and
government. He is also often invited to provide expert commentary to the media on
developments in the refining industry and the oil markets.
Prior to Wood Mackenzie, Afolabi worked for Chicago Bridge & Iron as a process design
engineer for a variety of refining projects across the world. He worked across a spectrum of
refining process technologies.
Tony Starkey manages the Crude Oil Team at Platts Analytics’ Bentek Energy.
He also is the lead contributor to Bentek’s PADD Balances and associated models, and
contributes to Bentek’s price forecasting.
Prior to joining Bentek, Tony was Vice President of Oil Trading at Bank of America Merrill
Lynch, where he helped manage day-to-day trading operations, including executing hedges
for producers and consumers in the financial derivatives markets. He specialized in the
futures, swaps, and options markets in the oil space.
6. Oil Outlook 2017:
A lack of change and more of the same
Carl Larry
Director, Principal Consultant - Oil and Gas
Frost & Sullivan
Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
7. Oil Outlook 2017:
A lack of change and more of the same
Source: EIA, Frost & Sullivan analysis.
2016 Review
US demand was strong from refiners and consumers
• Refinery runs average well over 16M bd for second straight year
• Overall demand tops 20M bd for first time since 2008
• Gasoline demand hits a record average through October at 9.5M bd
• Jet fuel demand hits YTD high of 1.63M bd. Highest since 2006
2017 Forecast
Supply continues to outpace demand
• Refineries hit capacity constraint in the US – Operable capacity is limited
• Imports of crude are capped at 8M with more coming in from Canada/Mexico
• Increasing crude oil exports restrain OPEC ability to control price
• Consumer demand increases demand from foreign refiners (gasoline, jet)
$26 2016 WTI AVG 41.25 $51
8. Oil Outlook 2017:
A lack of change and more of the same
Prices:
WTI $44 to $54
• A range is the best we can do with markets like this. We’re likely to be in
a period where high prices warrant increased North American production
(US, CAN, MX)
• Crude oil prices in the US may be limited to restrained demand from
constrained capacity in US refining
Brent $46 to $58
• Foreign benchmarks are still more susceptible to geopolitical events and
have higher risk to the upside
• Lack of investment into new production and focus unto other areas
(storage, refining) may increase system shock if demand rebounds
Distillate (Diesel, Jet) $1.92 target
• High supply and moderate demand
cap any major spikes
• The one fuel that will be most
sensitive to macro economic swings
• Consumers not as important
Gasoline $2.55 target
• High employment in the US
driving higher demand
• Lack of stable foreign production
puts cost at risk to upside
• Better fuel efficiency offset by
sheer increase number of autos
9. Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
2017 Oil Price Outlook
Survival of the Fittest
Supply War of Attrition Begins as Permian, Gulf Grow and Mega-Projects Stream
Roger Diwan, Managing Director, Financial Services, +1 202 721 0317, Roger.Diwan@ihs.com
Raoul LeBlanc, Managing Director, Financial Services, +1 713 568 8842, Raoul.LeBlanc@ihs.com
Karim Fawaz, Principal Analyst, Financial Services, +1 202 721 0307, Karim.Fawaz@ihs.com
14. Zones of vulnerability: Some producers are
now charting the extremes
@2016 IHS
Bubble size represents 2015 oil and gas production (million
tonnes of oil equivalent)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Economicrobustness*
Political robustness*
Nigeria
Venezuela
Iraq
Algeria
Kazakhstan
Angola
Qatar
Russia
UAE
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Kuwait
Azerbaijan
Russia
Many producers look set to weather the down-cycle with limited long-term damage, but others are nearing the
extremes of political and economic resilience
Source: IHS
*Economic robustness is drawn
from the aggregate of OGRS risk
factor scores for Transfer Risk and
Primary Fiscal Balance, on a scale
from 1–10 with 10 as the most robust.
*Political robustness is the
aggregate of OGRS scores for State
Capacity, Political Legitimacy, Facility
and Personnel Violence, and Civil
Society Risk, on a scale from 1–10 with
10 as the most robust.
16. Capital efficiency has doubled since prices began to fall
Surging capital efficiency renews onshore
competitiveness - Rate of improvement jumped 1000%
• Over the last decade, US producers have obviously made gains in de-risking, optimizing, and growing a variety of tight oil plays. To
benchmark performance and assess the impact on supply of assets, plays, and capital programs, IHS has created a metric called production
efficiency of capital, which combines near-term oil and gas productivity with the drilling and completion capex spent to generate it. We
have calculated this metric for the 650,000 wells brought onstream in the US since 2001.
• As shown in the graph below, the industry was able to raise the average production efficiency productivity even as activity exploded from
2010 to 2014. However, the pace was tortuously slow, averaging just 1% per quarter from 2010 to mid 2014.
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• Starting in 3Q2014, a confluence of
factors – some sustainable, and
some cyclical – allowed producers to
massively increase the rate of gain.
In the six quarters from 3Q2014 to
1Q2016 (the last period we can
reasonably measure), the
production efficiency of capital rose
by 75%, roughly 10% per quarter,
about 10 times its longer-term pace.
• This improvement translates
directly to reduced breakevens (a
longer-term metric); current level
of capital efficiency have
transformed the US onshore from a
system with an average breakeven
in the mid-$80/bbl range into a low-
cost behemoth with breakevens in
the mid-$50/bbl range.
Bubble size represents estimated drilling and
completion capital spending
Outlook for Global Oil Fundamentals and Prices in 2016-2018 / September 2016
17. 175%
124%
168%
156%
131%
76%
110%
Avg. Peak Well
Production
(Boe 20:1)
Lat Length
Avg. Proppant
per Horiz (MM
pounds)
Horiz Share of
All Wells
Major Play
Share of Horiz
Wells
Est. Horiz Well
Capex (actual)
Est. Horiz Well
Capex (current
costs)
1Q2014
(100%)
1Q2016
Headline Productivity
WellDesign
Mix Shift
Cost
Operators Successfully Adapting Across the System
Accelerating change on every front
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• North American onshore has 3
factors that allow it to adapt faster
than the offshore/ international
system:
1. Each well is a low-cost iteration,
so experimentation is easy and
lessons leveraged
2. Numerous operators have very
different approach
3. Service companies seek to
amortize learnings as broadly as
possible
• Changes have focused on three
primary aspects:
1. Unit Costs: Competition among
service sector providers and
pressure from operators has led
to a 40% drop in the cost
structure
2. Well Design: Operators have
reworked well designs to
achieve larger wells with more
powerful fracs
3. Mix Shift: Capital has re-focused
on the most prolific assets –
either through intentional high-
grading or Darwinian culling of
the weak
Outlook for Global Oil Fundamentals and Prices in 2016-2018 / September 2016
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23. 1. Oil market is rebalancing
3. US crude oil markets
2. Demand outlook
Where are crude prices headed?
24. Shift in the fundamentals is underway
Year-on-year change in global supply and demand
25. Oil prices to recover as fundamentals tighten
Outlook for Brent and WTI
26. Global oil demand growth to remain robust
Outlook based on 2.3% global GDP growth in 2017; any slowdown poses risk to demand
Year-on-year change in global oil demand
27. China’s oil demand growth forecast is
underpinned by our expectation of robust
household
Growth of 350 kb/d in 2017, contributing 1/3 global growth
China’s oil demand growth by product
29. What happens as US crude oil supply recovers
and surges?
Rising US crude oil exports could lead to a widening differential between Brent and WTI
Outlook for US crude oil supply and exports
30. Where are crude prices headed?
Afolabi Ogunnaike, Senior Analyst
Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
2017 Oil Price Outlook
31. Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
2017 Oil Price Outlook
Anthony Starkey, Manager, Energy Analysis
S&P Global Platts
35. Demand Has Not Been an Issue…Yet
-4.00%
-3.00%
-2.00%
-1.00%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
5.00%
GDP per Capita (YoY Growth) Oil Demand (YoY Growth)
10 YEARS 9 YEARS 8 YEARS 7th YEAR
Source: World Bank, EIA
36. What do Fundamentals Say Now?
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$20.00
$40.00
$60.00
$80.00
$100.00
$120.00
$140.00
Brent Model Forecast Forecast (w/ 700 Mb/d cut in OPEC)
Source: Platts Bentek
38. Thank you for your time
Anthony Starkey (tstarkey@spglobal.com)
Manager, Energy Analysis
S&P Global Platts
39. Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
2017 Oil Price Outlook
Carl Larry, Frost & Sullivan
Raoul LeBlanc, IHS
Afolabi Ogunnaike, Wood Mackenzie
Anthony Starkey, S&P Global Platts
40. Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
Announcements:
CAPA Symposium, Friday Nov. 4 (joint session)
SPRE Meeting, Thursday Nov. 10
41. Chinese American Petroleum Association
• Who
– Non-profit, non-political, professional
– Founded in 1983
– 1000+ members
• Why
– Promotes technical exchange between Mainland China, Taiwan, and
the United States
– Provides value-added services and promoting continuing education,
technical exchange, and career development of its members
• How
– Community enrichment activities
– Technical exchange forums
– Collaborations between CAPA and other professional associations
42. Navigating and Repositioning for the Future
Friday 11/4/2016 at Marathon Oil Tower
Keynote Speakers at Morning Session
• Dr. Steve Johnson, Exploration Manager Colombia, Upstream Exploration,
Shell (Houston)
• Andrew Slaughter, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions,
Deloitte LLP
• Dr. Jeff Pan, Subsurface Manager, International Business Services
Department, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
• JC Rovillain, Managing consultant at Enhanced Value Recovery, President,
Society of Petroleum Resources Economists (SPRE)
• Gabriel Guerra, New Business Development Manager, Upstream
Exploration, Shell (London)
Technical Sessions in the Afternoon
• Deepwater and Conventional Exploration & Production
• Unconventional Plays
• Petroleum Economics (Co-organized with SPRE)
• Engineering and HSE
• Business Development
• Student paper contest (Sponsored by SEG)
43. Society of Petroleum Resources
Economists Presentation
‘Our US Oil Patch Tomorrow’
Thursday Nov. 10, 6 – 9 pm
Allen Gilmer, Chairman TIPRO and Founder & CEO of Drillinginfo