Fitch Ratings-New York-04 November 2014: Open cast miners will likely benefit from the recent 25% drop in oil prices since June but further declines for a prolonged period could have material impacts in the metals and mining or chemicals industries, according to Fitch Ratings.
Lower long-term oil prices could depress liquids-focused shale drilling, and prompt a subsequent decline in associated gas, which constitutes a large portion of North America's total natural gas supply. A decrease in the supply of associated natural gas in the US may put upward pressure on natural gas prices in most regions and benefit coal miners as utilities switch electricity generation back from gas to coal.
The effect on steel producers will likely be mixed. Higher natural gas prices would increase the cost of finished steel and less drilling could reduce demand for steel in the form of oil country tubular goods. This may be more than offset, however, by increases in demand for larger automobiles (autos are 12% of global steel demand) as long-term gasoline costs decline.
Aluminum is benefiting from a light-weighting trend driven by high fuel costs and CAFE standards. Should consumers shift toward larger vehicles, aluminum demand should also increase on larger size and the need to reduce the weight of bigger cars.
A prolonged dip in the price of oil could pressure gold prices as well. Part of the demand for gold comes from inflationary expectations. Since energy prices are a sizable portion of inflation, a prolonged decline in energy prices could cause inflationary pressures to wane, leading to the demand for gold as an inflationary hedge falling as well.
Petrochemicals companies that operate commodity chemical crackers in the US could be hardest hit. Currently, these companies are benefitting from the abundance of lower cost light feedstock in North America while their chemical derivative prices are determined by the highest marginal cost production globally, which is at naphtha-based crackers. A pullback in US shale production could lead to higher feedstock costs and lower margins for petrochemical companies.
Although crude oil prices have retreated significantly, Fitch does not anticipate a US supply response until crude prices reach the $70-$75 range on a sustained basis. Our base case long-term price assumption for WTI remains at $75 per barrel, generally consistent with the Fitch-calculated median full cycle cost of $70 per barrel for North American E&P companies.
Fitch Ratings-New York-04 November 2014: Open cast miners will likely benefit from the recent 25% drop in oil prices since June but further declines for a prolonged period could have material impacts in the metals and mining or chemicals industries, according to Fitch Ratings.
Lower long-term oil prices could depress liquids-focused shale drilling, and prompt a subsequent decline in associated gas, which constitutes a large portion of North America's total natural gas supply. A decrease in the supply of associated natural gas in the US may put upward pressure on natural gas prices in most regions and benefit coal miners as utilities switch electricity generation back from gas to coal.
The effect on steel producers will likely be mixed. Higher natural gas prices would increase the cost of finished steel and less drilling could reduce demand for steel in the form of oil country tubular goods. This may be more than offset, however, by increases in demand for larger automobiles (autos are 12% of global steel demand) as long-term gasoline costs decline.
Aluminum is benefiting from a light-weighting trend driven by high fuel costs and CAFE standards. Should consumers shift toward larger vehicles, aluminum demand should also increase on larger size and the need to reduce the weight of bigger cars.
A prolonged dip in the price of oil could pressure gold prices as well. Part of the demand for gold comes from inflationary expectations. Since energy prices are a sizable portion of inflation, a prolonged decline in energy prices could cause inflationary pressures to wane, leading to the demand for gold as an inflationary hedge falling as well.
Petrochemicals companies that operate commodity chemical crackers in the US could be hardest hit. Currently, these companies are benefitting from the abundance of lower cost light feedstock in North America while their chemical derivative prices are determined by the highest marginal cost production globally, which is at naphtha-based crackers. A pullback in US shale production could lead to higher feedstock costs and lower margins for petrochemical companies.
Although crude oil prices have retreated significantly, Fitch does not anticipate a US supply response until crude prices reach the $70-$75 range on a sustained basis. Our base case long-term price assumption for WTI remains at $75 per barrel, generally consistent with the Fitch-calculated median full cycle cost of $70 per barrel for North American E&P companies.
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Fitch Ratings-New York-04 November 2014: Open cast miners will likely benefit from the recent 25% drop in oil prices since June but further declines for a prolonged period could have material impacts in the metals and mining or chemicals industries, according to Fitch Ratings.
Lower long-term oil prices could depress liquids-focused shale drilling,และการลดลงตามมาในเกี่ยวข้องก๊าซซึ่งถือเป็นส่วนใหญ่ของก๊าซธรรมชาติทั้งหมดของอเมริกาเหนือ Supply ลดลงในอุปทานของเกี่ยวข้องก๊าซธรรมชาติในสหรัฐฯ อาจทำให้แรงกดดันต่อราคาก๊าซธรรมชาติในภูมิภาคส่วนใหญ่และผลประโยชน์เหมืองถ่านหินเป็นสาธารณูปโภคสวิตช์ไฟฟ้ารุ่นกลับจากก๊าซธรรมชาติ ถ่านหิน
ผลกระทบกับผู้ผลิตเหล็กอาจจะผสมราคาก๊าซธรรมชาติที่สูงขึ้นจะเพิ่มต้นทุนของเหล็กและเจาะน้อยเสร็จ จะสามารถช่วยลดความต้องการในรูปแบบของสินค้าท่อเหล็กน้ำมันประเทศ นี้อาจจะมากกว่าชดเชย อย่างไรก็ตาม โดยเพิ่มขึ้นในอุปสงค์สำหรับรถยนต์ขนาดใหญ่ ( รถเป็น 12 % ของความต้องการใช้เหล็กของโลก ) เป็นน้ํามันในระยะยาวลดลงค่าใช้จ่าย
อลูมิเนียมน้ำหนักเบาได้รับประโยชน์จากแนวโน้มที่ขับเคลื่อนด้วยต้นทุนเชื้อเพลิงสูง และมาตรฐานของร้านกาแฟ ผู้บริโภคควรจะเปลี่ยนแปลงไปยังยานพาหนะขนาดใหญ่ ความต้องการอลูมิเนียม ควรเพิ่มขนาดใหญ่และต้องลดน้ำหนักของรถใหญ่
จิ้มนานในราคาของน้ำมันที่อาจจะกดดันราคาทองคำเช่นกัน ส่วนหนึ่งของความต้องการทองคำมาจากความคาดหวังเงินเฟ้อ Since energy prices are a sizable portion of inflation, a prolonged decline in energy prices could cause inflationary pressures to wane, leading to the demand for gold as an inflationary hedge falling as well.
Petrochemicals companies that operate commodity chemical crackers in the US could be hardest hit. Currently, these companies are benefitting from the abundance of lower cost light feedstock in North America while their chemical derivative prices are determined by the highest marginal cost production globally, which is at naphtha-based crackers. A pullback in US shale production could lead to higher feedstock costs and lower margins for petrochemical companies.
Although crude oil prices have retreated significantly, Fitch does not anticipate a US supply response until crude prices reach the $70-$75 range on a sustained basis. Our base case long-term price assumption for WTI remains at $75 per barrel, generally consistent with the Fitch-calculated median full cycle cost of $70 per barrel for North American E&P companies.
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