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October 16th, 2014:

Oil Price Slump

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By John Donovan

I have already highlighted the recent wishful prediction by Shell CEO Ben van Beurden that oil will return to “very robust” pricing in the long-term.

We have all witnessed the subsequent slump in oil prices.

Some extracts from a current Bloomberg article:

The global crash in crude prices is reverberating through the oil and gas industry, pressuring producers to curtail investment to protect profits and avoid cuts to dividend payments.

Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Total SA are already paring back as new investment fails to yield positive returns. read more

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