RESTRAINT VINDICATED? The case for oil company capital discipline looks a little stronger this week after prices plunged in the face of high-profile recession warnings.
Raoul LeBlanc, vice president for energy at S&P Global Commodity Insights, described the kinds of risk assessments that companies are considering: “If you were to try to hedge, you can only get $100 for a couple of months, and you'll never drill your well and get in online in that time,” LeBlanc told Jeremy. “So the actual price that people have to invest based on is being assumed to go down.”
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The Biden administration hasn’t been willing to send such long-term signals. Granholm stressed on Wednesday that the way out of this is breaking “that sole reliance” on fossil fuels.