Sunday, April 18, 2010

Crude price rise good news for oil equipment suppliers

The pick-up in crude oil prices is expected to help oil equipment providers in getting more orders. We expect crude prices to test $90 a barrel soon, and this will eventually bring demand for equipment suppliers.

Generally, offshore activities are more expensive than onshore acti­vities. When crude prices fall, oil equi­pment makers incur losses and vice versa.

Now, with crude prices moving northward, we expect companies to perform well.

Irrespective of whether Opec (Organisation of Petroleum Exp­orting Countries) will decrease or inc­rease crude production, the tension between Iran and the US may impact oil prices going forward. And this will help oil equipment stocks. Problems with oil supply from Russia may also influence oil prices. We are bullish on this counter.

Companies in this sector are likely to come up with healthy results on the back of improved orderbooks.

This is an extract form an article at http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/crude-price-rise-good-news-oil-equipment-suppliers-641

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Obama OKs offshore drilling for Atlantic, Gulf

In a move disappointing environmentalists and potentially much of his Democratic base, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would push forward with plans to open major chunks of the Mid-Atlantic region – including North Carolina – to offshore oil and gas drilling.


The lifting of the drilling moratorium, first floated by the Bush administration, is sure to please some Republicans concerned about the president's full-court press to develop domestic green and renewable energy sources at the expense of traditional fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

But some of the president's traditional allies questioned if trying to appease Republicans to help move forward other environmental initiatives – such as greenhouse-gas emission limits – was worth the potential price.

This is a part extract from http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100331/ARTICLES/100339915/-1/SNOTEST09?Title=Obama-OKs-offshore-drilling-for-Atlantic-Gulf&tc=ar

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