SICO Research November 23, - October Crude prices remain low in October led by oversupply and weak economic indicators October has been a volatile month for crude prices; Brent reached USD 53.05/bbl in the 2nd week of October before falling to USD 49.56/ bbl by the end of the month. Brent averaged at USD 49.3/bbl during October; +1.6% MoM, -44% YoY and -23% YTD. The rise in Brent price to USD 53/bbl during October was supported by speculation that the world s biggest producers of crude may act jointly to support prices, easing oversupply concerns and weaker dollar, however price tumbled when data released in the 2 nd week of October revealed that U.S. crude inventories are increasing. Also China reported the slowest economic growth since 2009, pushing Brent prices to below USD 50/bbl. China s purchasing managers index remained below 50 for the 8 th consecutive month [ a below 50 reading indicates a contraction]. WTI averaged at USD 46.6/bbl in October; +0.5% MoM, -43% YoY, -31% YTD. At one point during October, WTI reached USD 50.14/bbl but data indicating an oversupply in U.S crude pressured prices downwards. Bloomberg reported that the U.S plans to sell millions of barrels of crude in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve between 2018-2025 as part of a budget deal, reached between Congressional leaders and the White House, leading to a further downfall in WTI prices. The sale, would total 8% of the 695mn barrels, is due to start in 2018 at annual rate of 5mn barrels, rising to 10mn by 2023 and totaling 58mn barrels by 2025. The Brent-WTI spread tightened to USD 2.81/bbl in October versus USD 2.97/bbl in the prior month. Demand According to the IEA, crude demand growth is expected to slowdown in 2016 to 1.25mn bpd from growth of 1.8mn bpd in. Crude demand growth in was supported by a number of factors such as low prices and India s increase consumption, the fastest witnessed in over a decade, which are expected to fade in 2016. OPEC maintained its and 2016 world oil demand growth forecast unchanged at 1.50mn bpd and 1.25mn bpd respectively. In 2016, OECD crude demand is expected to increase by 0.15mn bpd while non-oecd demand is forecasted to grow by 1.1mn bpd. Fatema Al Doseri +973 17515000 (Ext.5078) Supply The IEA stated that global crude supplies reached higher than 97mn bpd in October as non-opec output recovered MoM. Non-OPEC supply is expected to fall in 2016 by more than 0.6mn bpd with US light tight oil being the main driver for the decline. OPEC expects non-opec supply to increase by 0.72mn bpd in and contract by 0.13mn bpd in 2016 reaching 57.11mn bpd. OPEC cited that the impact of capex cuts across the world and lower tight oil from the U.S are the main drivers behind contraction in supply in 2016. Shale drillers in the US have cut spending and the number of employees this year as crude prices remains low. The IEA reported stable OPEC crude supply in October at 31.76mn bpd as higher supply from Libya, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria offset the fall in production in Iraq and Kuwait. Fatema.aldoseri@sicobahrain.com SICO All Rights Reserved Attention is drawn to the disclaimer and other information on Page 13
Regional Developments Dana Gas reports 3Q net loss of AED 28mn due to lower oil prices [November 15, ] Dana Gas reported 3Q net loss of AED 28mn vs AED 139m profit in 3Q14. Revenue fell 47% YoY to AED 341mn due to decline in hydrocarbons prices. Average production in 3Q15 declined 11% YoY to 60,800 barrels of oil equivalent per day, primarily to natural declines in the Nile Delta fields in Egypt. Dana Gas has continued to drive further cost reductions during the third quarter. Since the beginning of the year the company has cut USD 5mn in costs by lowering G&A as well as reducing the workforce. As at 30 September, Dana Gas total receivables were USD 1.071bn (31 December : USD 992mn). The management plans to cut 2016 operating costs by 10-20% and sees 4Q15 similarly financially challenged S TAQA starts selling power from India hydro project [November 8, ] Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has begun selling electricity from its hydro power project in north India, which will provide another revenue stream for the company. The 100 megawatt Sorang hydro power project started selling power to northern India from Oct. 31. The facility can supply emissions-free electricity to 500,000 homes at full capacity. TAQA holds a minority stake in Himachal Sorang Power Private Ltd, the developer of the Sorang hydro power project in the north-indian state of Himachal Pradesh. TAQA posts 3Q loss on weak oil prices [November 11, ] TAQA reported a 3Q net loss of AED 416mn, compared with a net profit of AED 107mn in the prior-year period. Revenue from oil and gas more than halved to AED 1.5bn in 3Q from a year earlier. This dragged the firm's total revenue in the quarter to AED 4.8bn from AED 7.0bn in the same quarter last year. For the nine-month period this year, TAQA's losses totaled AED 581mn compared with a profit of AED 620mn for the same period in. Costcutting measures led to savings of AED 1.1bn in 3Q15 with capex reduced by 43%. TAQA is ahead of its targeted annual savings of AED 550mn in, and AED 1.5bn by end of 2016. It has also reduced its global oil and gas headcount by 25% since July and Abu Dhabi headquarter s headcount by 39%. TAQA refinanced USD 3.1bn revolving credit facility at better terms in August. 2
Contents Price monitor 4 Global Oil Demand and Supply Estimates 5 Oil Demand Trends 6 Oil Supply Trends 7 OPEC Spare Capacity and OECD Commercial Inventory 8 OPEC Production 9 Country wise Production Trend 10 US Product Inventory 12 3
Jan-09 Jul-09 Jul-10 Jul-11 Jul-12 Jul-13 Jul-14 Jul-15 Jan-09 Jul-09 Jul-10 Jul-11 Jul-12 Jul-13 Jul-14 Jul-15 Price monitor Exhibit 1: Price Monitor Crude (USD/bbl) 1 Month 1 Year Average Price (YTD) Current Price MoM% YoY% Ago Ago 11/22/15 YoY% WTI 40 44-7% 76-47% 50 97-48% Brent 42 46-8% 79-47% 54 103-48% OPEC Ref. Basket 39 43-11% 75-49% 51 100-49% Arab Light 39 44-13% 75-49% 53 102-49% Gas (USD/mmbtu) Nymex HH 2.2 2.3-5% 4.3-50% 2.7 4-39% NBP Gas 5.7 6.0-6% 8.8-36% 6.7 8-19% Source: Bloomberg, SICO Research Exhibit 2: Prices: Historical (USD/bbl unless mentioned) 1Q13 2Q13 3Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 3Q14 4Q14 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 2012 2013 WTI 94 94 106 97 99 103 98 73 49 58 46 96 98 93 YoY(%) -9% -1% 12% 9% 5% 10% -8% -25% -51% -44% -53% 105% 2% -5% Brent 113 103 110 109 108 110 102 76 54 62 50 108 109 99 YoY (%) 0% -3% 3% 1% -4% 7% -7% -31% -50% -43% -51% 75% 0% -9% Nymex HH Gas (USD/mmbtu) 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.6 4.6 3.9 3.7 2.9 2.7 2.7 3.5 3.7 4.0 YoY (%) -2% 20% 2% 3% 3% 14% 11% -3% -21% -41% -30% 30% 6% 6% Source: Bloomberg, SICO Research Exhibit 3: Brent Oil Price in USD/bbl 130 110 90 70 50 30 Exhibit 4: Nymex Natural Gas Price in USD/mmbtu 10 8 6 4 2 Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg 4
Global Oil Demand and Supply Estimates Exhibit 5: Global Oil Supply, Demand Comparison (mn bpd) Growth Non-OPEC Growth Growth GDP Demand Growth (mn bpd) (YoY %) Supply (mn bpd) (YoY %) Growth (%) EIA 93.9 1.4 1.5% 58.1 1.1 2.0% IEA 94.3 1.8 1.9% 58.3 1.3 2.3% 3.1% OPEC 92.9 1.5 1.7% 57.2 0.7 1.3% 3.1% Average 93.7 1.6 1.7% 57.9 1.0 1.8% 3.1% Source: IEA, EIA, OPEC Exhibit 6: Global Oil Supply & Demand Balance (mn bpd) Demand 2Q13 3Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 3Q14 4Q14 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 2013 OECD 45.1 45.6 45.8 45.6 47.0 47.4 46.8 46.3 47.9 48.2 46.0 45.8 YoY 1.8% 0.7% 1.0% -1.5% 3.1% 3.3% 2.6% -0.2% 2.0% 2.7% -4.6% -0.6% Non-OECD 45.5 46.3 46.5 45.8 44.8 46.0 46.4 46.6 45.5 46.5 45.2 46.4 YoY 0.3% 1.1% 0.7% 18.4% -1.5% -0.7% -0.1% 1.7% 1.2% 3.6% -2.8% 2.7% Total Oil demand 90.6 91.9 92.3 91.4 91.8 93.3 93.2 92.9 93.4 94.7 91.3 92.5 YoY 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 7.6% 1.3% 1.6% 1.0% 1.6% 2.2% 3.2% -3.6% 1.3% Supply Non-OPEC 54.0 54.8 55.6 55.6 56.6 57.2 58.4 57.8 58.0 58.5 54.4 56.9 YoY 2.7% 4.1% 3.3% 9.1% 4.8% 4.3% 4.9% 3.9% 3.4% 3.4% -6.9% 4.6% OPEC Crude 30.6 30.3 29.5 30.0 29.7 30.3 30.3 30.3 31.0 31.4 30.1 30.1 YoY -2.5% -3.0% -3.2% 2.6% -2.9% -0.1% 2.7% 0.9% 4.4% 5.7% -4.1% -0.1% OPEC other liquids 6.29 6.26 6.30 6.25 6.24 6.24 6.32 6.36 6.42 6.48 6.30 6.26 YoY -0.7% -1.7% -0.8% 13.6% -0.9% -0.3% 0.3% 1.9% 2.5% 3.8% -2.7% -0.6% Total Oil Supply 90.8 91.4 91.5 91.9 92.5 93.7 95.0 94.4 95.4 96.3 90.9 93.3 YoY 0.6% 1.2% 0.8% 7.2% 1.8% 2.5% 3.9% 2.8% 3.7% 4.2% -5.7% 2.6% OCED commercial inventories 2644 2683 2550 2557 2583 2649 2686 2715 2818 2905 2550 2698 Demand Cover (Days) 58.7 58.9 55.6 56.0 55.0 55.9 57.4 58.6 58.8 60.2 55.4 59.0 Pric e (USD/bbl) 94.1 105.8 97.3 98.7 103.3 97.8 73.2 48.5 57.8 46.4 98.0 93.2 5
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Jun-09 Aug-09 Oct-09 Dec-09 Feb-10 Apr-10 Jun-10 Aug-10 Oct-10 Dec-10 Feb-11 Apr-11 Jun-11 Aug-11 Oct-11 Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Jun-15 Aug-15 Oct-15 Oil Demand Trends Exhibit 7: Oil Demand- OECD vs Non- OECD (mn bpd) 90 70 50 30 10 OECD Demand) Non-OECD Demand OECD growth(%) Global growth (%) 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% -2% -4% -6% Exhibit 8: Oil Demand- OECD vs Non- OECD OECD (% global demand) Non-OECD (% global demand) OECD growth(%) Non OECD growth (%) Global growth (%) 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% -2% -4% -6% 6
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Feb-10 Apr-10 Jun-10 Aug-10 Oct-10 Dec-10 Feb-11 Apr-11 Jun-11 Aug-11 Oct-11 Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Jun-15 Aug-15 Oct-15 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Oil Supply Trends Exhibit 9: YoY Oil Supply- OPEC: crude and NGLs (mn bpd) 40 OPEC Crude OPEC NGLs OPEC Supply (% global supply) 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 43% 42% 41% 40% 39% 38% 37% 36% 35% Exhibit 10: MoM Oil Supply- Global Supply vs OPEC Crude (mn bpd) 32 OPEC Crude Global Oil Supply 31 30 29 28 98 96 94 92 90 88 86 84 82 Exhibit 11: YoY Oil Supply- Non OPEC Crude (mn bpd) 60 Non OPEC Crude Non OPEC Supply (% global supply) 55 50 45 40 64% 62% 60% 58% 56% 54% 7
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Crude Imventory (Days) OPEC Spare Capacity and OECD Commercial Inventory Exhibit 12: OECD commercial inventories demand cover (days) 77 72 67 62 57 5 Year avg. 52 47 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Exhibit 13: Spare Capacity- Long Term Trend (mn bpd) 6 5 4 3 2 1 3.1 3.3 5.0 3.1 OPEC Spare Capacity 5.4 4.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 1.4 2.1 Spare Capacity (% global demand) 3.8 4.0 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.5 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0 0% 8
Mar-10 Jul-10 Nov-10 Mar-11 Jul-11 Nov-11 Mar-12 Jul-12 Nov-12 Mar-13 Jul-13 Nov-13 Mar-14 Jul-14 Nov-14 Mar-15 Jul-15 OPEC Production Exhibit 14: in Kbpd Crude Produc tion Change Spare Oc t-15 (MoM) Capac ity Capac ity Saudi Arabia 10380 10300 80 12500 2120 UAE 2970 2950 20 3150 180 Kuwait 2820 2940-120 2950 130 Qatar 640 650-10 780 140 Iran 2700 2800-100 2900 200 Iraq 4300 4247 53 4400 100 Algeria 1100 1100 0 1150 50 Angola 1814 1776 38 1870 56 Libya 430 350 80 1550 1120 Ecuador 538 544-6 539 1 Nigeria 2019 1980 39 2200 181 Venezuela 2500 2500 0 2500 0 Total OPEC Crude 32211 32137 74 36489 Total OPEC ex Iraq 27911 27890 21 32089 Oman 960 960 0 Bahrain 180 180 0 Total GCC Crude 17950 17980-30 Source: Bloomberg, SICO Research Exhibit 15: OPEC Production and Quota Compliance OPEC Crude Production 32000 Series2 110% 31000 30000 29000 90% 70% 50% 30% 28000 10% Source: Bloomberg, SICO Research 9
Country wise Production Trend Exhibit 16: OPEC ex Iraq (in Kbpd) 31,000 29,000 27,000 25,000 23,000 Exhibit 17: Saudi Arabia (in Kbpd) 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 Exhibit 18: UAE (in Kbpd) 3,200 3,000 2,800 2,600 2,400 2,200 2,000 Exhibit 19: Kuwait (in Kbpd) 3,200 3,000 2,800 2,600 2,400 2,200 2,000 Exhibit 20: Qatar (in Kbpd) 850 800 750 700 650 600 Exhibit 21: Iran (in Kbpd) 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 10
Exhibit 22: Algeria (in Kbpd) 1,400 1,300 1,200 1,100 1,000 900 Exhibit 23: Angola (in Kbpd) 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 Exhibit 24: Ecuador (in Kbpd) 600 560 520 480 440 400 Exhibit 25: Libya (in Kbpd) 2,000 1,600 1,200 800 400 - Exhibit 26: Nigeria (in Kbpd) 2,500 2,200 1,900 1,600 1,300 1,000 Exhibit 27: Venezuela (in Kbpd) 2,900 2,700 2,500 2,300 2,100 1,900 1,700 1,500 11
US Product Inventory Exhibit 28: US Oklahoma crude inventory ( 000 bbls) 530,000 490,000 450,000 410,000 5 Year avg. 370,000 330,000 290,000 Exhibit 29: US total crude inventory ( 000 bbls) 74,000 64,000 54,000 44,000 5 Year avg. 34,000 24,000 250,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 14,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Exhibit 30: US total gasoline inventory ( 000 bbls) 255,000 235,000 Exhibit 31: US total distillate inventory ( 000 bbls) 180,000 160,000 215,000 195,000 5 Year avg. 140,000 120,000 5 Year avg. 175,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 100,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Exhibit 32: US refinery utilisation (% 100 95 90 85 5 Year avg. 80 75 70 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 12
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