RE: worth a read30 Oct 2014 11:52
'The Permian, where U.S. drilling activity is heaviest, will be profitable for companies to drill at U.S. oil prices of $57 to $75 a barrel, depending on location, according to research from Robert W. Baird & Co. As a result, companies active there, such as Chevron Corp. , Apache Corp. and Pioneer Natural Resources Co. , are likely to keep drilling.
The Eagle Ford Shale, located farther south in Texas and home to Marathon Oil Corp. , Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and EOG Resources Inc., would remain economic at even lower prices—$53 to $65, according to Baird. North Dakota’s Bakken Shale, which is the focus of companies including Continental Resources Inc., Whiting Petroleum Corp. and Hess Corp. , comes in at $61 to $75 a barrel.
To be sure, even small price drops could begin to affect production around the margins. “The clear losers in a low-price environment are going to be smaller companies that are overleveraged,” said Daniel Katzenberg, a Baird analyst. The downturn will be particularly tough on companies drilling in areas without much history of oil production. Costs tend to be high in these areas, which include the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Louisiana and Mississippi and some relatively unexplored shale formations in Oklahoma.'
yes we have a large amount of debt and would probably be considered over leveraged but given the acreage we have and track record of successful wells / increase in production i think we will be just fine,
GLA