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winafewon Jan 16, 2011 1:17pm
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Reasons for Price Move?
Reasons for Price Move?I've been wondering about the reasons for the uptick in prices lately and found these:
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https://business.financialpost.com/2011/01/10/nexen-top-oil-pick-at-jpmorgan/2. A report in the Edmonton Journal, says that the price move is related to the fact that North Sea Brent hit $99/ bbl. 35% of Nexen's total production comes from the North Sea (so the report says)
3. I had also thought it might also be related to the opening of the Chinese Sovereign Wealth fund setting up an office in Toronto. If the Chinese are looking to buy Oil and Gas assets, Nexen has always been rumoured to be in play.
Continuing high oil price and being close to break even at Long Lake also doesn't hurt. If oil price stay high, earnings should be pretty good for the coming qtrs. More upside to come?