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Oil Price Recovery: What does that mean for steel? Nicole J. Leonard, Senior Consultant Commodities Consulting, Bentek Energy


Why I’m bearish short-term oil prices, bullish long-term prices

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Crude and liquids drive drilling and production activity, not much gas-by-rail activity

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Bentek maintains bearish stance through 2017, remains bullish compared to the market

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Bentek’s Brent Price Forecast

History Feb-15 Current

Source: S&P Global Platts Analytics, Bentek

Volatility driven by

supply uncertainty


OPEC cuts seem to be on target, risks and duration create uncertainty and volatility

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Proposed cut: 1.2 MMb/d Platts estimate: 0.9 MMb/d

Source: S&P Global Platts Estimates


Non-OPEC countries still planning supply growth

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Moho, Congo 140 Mb/d in

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Edvard Greig, Norway

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Cidade de Itaguai FPSO, Brazil

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Filanvovsky and Pyakyakhinskoye 110 Mb/d in 2017

GLOBAL SUPPLY PROJECTS RAMPING UP IN 2017

Canadian Oil Sands ~300 Mb/d in 2017

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“But don’t worry, America still has more oil than we can use in 500 years.”

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Historical Brent Prices and Forward Curve

Hisory Forward Curve (Mar 3)



Bakken 40/+9 (30%)

Anadarko 113/+41 (57%)

Niobrara 26/+8 (44%)

Eagle Ford 74/+28 (61%)

Permian 318/+166 (112%)

Active rig count: Mar 3, 2017 / Change in rig count from Mar 4, 2016

Rigs return to oil plays on higher prices, rigs also return to gas plays on bullish market

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US Rig Count (Oct ’14)

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Source: S&P Global Platts Analytics RigData 8


Do breakevens even matter?

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Henry Hub (Jan 19):

$3.26/MMbtu

Source: S&P Global Platts Analytics Bentek 9


Prices remain above breakeven floor, yet production does not recover

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What happened to efficiencies or has debt finally crippled US producers?

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Private money more suited toward quick “flip” of assets rather than long-term investments

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Source: S&P Global Platts Analytics Bentek


Who’s investing in the long-term, low-decline assets?

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Bentek’s Brent Price Forecast

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Prices incent production growth to meet demand growth


IOC capex needed to drive global supply growth, but they have to make money first

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Higher gas prices on higher exports could drive drilling activity in dry gas plays

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What does this mean for steel?

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Three-year rig forecast suggests a return to 80% of previous rig count in high case

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Lateral lengths increase 20% YOY, differs on geology of play, expected to increase

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All drilling is getting deeper, resulting in 45% increase in steel demand per well since 2010

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Drilling activity not expected to reach shale-revolution levels, incremental 22,000 wells/year expected

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Steel demand in West Texas expected to grow to 2014 levels, prime steel demand area for E&P

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Historical and Forecasted Steel Tube and Casing Demand in the Permian

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Assumptions: 2016 average well depth/lateral length held constant


Line pipe demand could grow, pipeline projects at risk on less production

Source: Bentek

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Energy demand consolidating in the US Gulf Coast, fewer long-haul pipelines needed

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690 Mb/d of new pipeline capacity announced in the Permian this year

Eagle Ford rig count doubles since

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Crude exports to grow to +1.0 MMb/d

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USGC accounts for 54% of total US crude demand

Refined products exports growing 15% every year

Natural gas liquids export and petchem

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Key Takeaways

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- Short-term oil market could be oversupplied once OPEC resumes production and if US private equity buoys US production.

- Long-term oil supply is being overlooked due to market optimism around US shale production, but investment is needed now for long-term supply growth to meet demand.

- Increasing natural gas demand in the US for exports as LNG and to Mexico could spur dry gas drilling and the need for new pipelines over the next ten years.

- Oil and gas wells are getting deeper and utilizing more steel than historically, though the number of wells drilled are unlikely to reach pre-price collapse levels.

- Less line pipe needed as US energy market centralizes in the US Gulf Coast, but a resurgence in drilling elsewhere would require more pipe.


Questions?

Nicole Leonard, Project Manager, Oil & Gas Consulting

[email protected] Direct: (720) 264-6680

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