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Integrated Oil
US Integrated Oils
Pr Emmy Growth Driwnz;
Volume growth will be primarily driven by expansions to existing oil sands
projects with a handful of projects (Kear', Surmont, Horizon. Foster Creek,
AOSP, Sunrise) accounting for -60% of the estimated 2014-2017 production
growth. While mining techniques account for -20% of recoverable oil sands in
Alberta, the near-term production growth profile is well-represented as Kearl.
Horizon. and AOSP represent 3 of the 5 largest production contributing
projects through 2017. Longer-term growth (2017+) will be driven by end of
decade projects like Fort Hills and Hebron/Ben Davis.
iiriai? Risks
With falling oil prices accelerating a decline in capital spending (with some
operators announcing reductions in excess of 75% to their budgets from
2014); the longer-term (2017+) production impact resulting from subsequent
project delays represents in our view the primary risk. However, we would not
want to underscore the risk to production that stems from a regulatory/political
environment in which efforts to resolve infrastructure bottlenecks have been
challenged. We view the near-term risk to production from the commodity to
be mostly contained as US production-roll off in 2HI5 alongside seasonal
demand uplift to support a moderately constructive view on crude prices.
1. Near-term risks to production are likely contained as US production
rolls-off and seasonal demand improvements are expected to support
a moderately constructive view on crude prices. At current
prices/differentials rail economics remain challenged to the Gulf Coast
(the most visible remaining demand market for oil sands growth)
affecting smaller oil sands producers that are mostly levered toward
manifest rail. However, production shut-ins are unlikely. During the
previous cycle the reservoir integrity at the Great Divide project was
significantly damaged as a result of operator shut-in amid low crude
prices.
2. Lone-term risks to production delays are likely. Intuitively, the most
likely candidates for a reduction are those for which not a significant
amount of capital has been invested. Companies have announced
expansion delays to many of such projects including CNRL's Kirby
North, MEG's Christina Lake, Husky's Sunrise and Suncor's Mackay
River. Of remaining potential project delays we see greatest downside
risk to project expansions at Cenovus' Christina Lake, Narrows Lake
and PetroChina's MacKay River.
3. Lona-term, the infrastructure bottleneck needs to be addressed. As
mentioned previously, the Gulf Coast represents the last remaining
market (as Western Canadian crude is for the most land-locked) that is
capable of absorbing heavy crude. While recent pipeline start-ups
(Marketlink and Flanagan South) have increased capacity to transport
WCS bbls into the Eastern Gulf Coast, the Western Gulf Coast is not
readily accessible via pipeline while rail and Jones-Act compliant
vessels remain expensive particularly at a lower commodity. The
Western Gulf Coast contains -60% of the entire Gulf Coast coking
capacity, a lucrative reward no doubt. In fact. TransCanada has
recently announced plans to investigate the economic viability of
building pipe from Houston to Louisiana, we can only hope that they
will have more success than they've had with a certain other proposed
pipeline
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