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Forecast: There Are Big Changes (and Big Profits) Coming to the Oil Sector in 2017

Editor's Note: Kent's paid-up Energy Advantage readers just got his full 2017 Energy Forecast, packed with the best energy investments of 2017. We wanted to share this forecast in particular with our Members so they have everything they need to get in position now for a chance to profit from the big, lucrative changes picking up steam in the new year. Here's Kent... 

By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI • December 13, 2016

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Late in the summer of 2016, I predicted that crude oil prices would be in the mid-$50s by the end of 2016, and the low $60s by the first quarter of 2017.

And at the start of the week of Dec. 12, 2016, West Texas Intermediate sits at just under $54. Frankly, I'm not seeing anything in the market that would force me to revise my forecast right now.

But make no mistake: There is a change underway right now that will only accelerate in 2017. The "rising tide" of crude prices will not "lift all boats" equally. I'm predicting that investors will see some big shifts in the oil markets and where their profits come from.

You see, the source of global oil demand itself is refocusing, and that's where we'll see the biggest changes.

Some players will lose out: The traditional high-dividend "supermajors" - BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Total SA, Eni, and ConocoPhillips - will see their long-term viability and short-term profitability severely challenged.

But nimble, globally oriented oil investors could see some of their biggest profits yet in 2017 from the places I'm about to show you...

Big Oil Serves Up Dividends Now, Disappointment Later

The case for investing in oil supermajors has always been their high dividends and the low chance that they would be lowered any time soon.

"After all," the thinking went, "demand for oil isn't going anywhere, so these companies will keep making money forever, right?"

That's the theory.

But in practice, the oil supermajors have for years been interested only in extremely expensive megaprojects that take years to finish and often only make sense when oil is close to $100 per barrel.

Just look at Canada's oil sands, deepwater offshore oil in Latin America, Shell's repeated attempts to drill for oil in the Arctic, or Exxon's attempt to get in on Russian oil fields.

Big Oil's Global Fire Sale

The supermajors are selling or rumored to be selling some of their most lucrative assets... at rock bottom prices, like:

  • Exxon - downstream operations in Africa; several facilities in Alaska and California; Norwegian oil fields worth up to $1 billion
  • Total - rumored to be selling part of its share of billion-dollar Norwegian oil and gas fields
  • Chevron - sold a refinery in Hawaii; trying to sell two in Canada and South Africa
  • Shell - sold refineries in Malaysia and California

To make matters worse, Big Oil has a horrible track record of actually finishing these projects.

As Chevron itself admitted in May, between 2007 and 2014, only 8% of the supermajors' projects ran on time, stayed on budget, and achieved the production target.

Just 8%.

And then, of course, came the 2014 oil crash, when prices ultimately plunged from close to $140 per barrel all the way down to the $20s, at their early 2016 lows.

Prices have rebounded, but all too late to do the supermajors much good.

They're all losing money, and to preserve their dividends to shareholders, they're selling assets and taking out loans. Take a look at the sidebar at right and see for yourself.

Now, this may give them the money they need to pay out their dividends in the short run. But in the long term, each one reduces how much money they make in the future.

Once oil prices recover, these supermajors will find themselves making less oil and natural gas than during the price slump, after having sold assets at the bottom, which is of course the exact opposite of what you want.

And in 2017, things will get even worse for Big Oil... but, as I said, much, much better for nimble, globally oriented investors and traders.

Let me show you what I mean.

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Dr. Kent Moors is an internationally recognized expert in oil and natural gas policy, risk assessment, and emerging market economic development. He serves as an advisor to many U.S. governors and foreign governments. Kent details his latest global travels in his free Oil & Energy Investor e-letter. He makes specific investment recommendations in his newsletter, the Energy Advantage. For more active investors, he issues shorter-term trades in his Energy Inner Circle.

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Solomon w Wong
Solomon w Wong
6 years ago

Excellent Reporting!

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Sandra Fleming
Sandra Fleming
6 years ago

How do solar companies fit into the energy picture?

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Ron Gish
Ron Gish
6 years ago

I understand that nuclear reactors are coming on line more and more + Asian countries as well as the U. S. have reactors being built. With uranium prices still at fairly low levels, what is your take on this alternate fuel?

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