Oil patch plans to be cut back

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CALGARY - Energy companies start reporting their third-quarter results today amid an environment of plunging oil prices and with credit and equity markets in disarray.
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As oil closed at US$74.25, up US$2.40 on the day -- above last week's low of US$67 but a far cry from its peak of US$147 per barrel in July -- it's clear the days of wondering how amazing the profits will be are over.
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# [$ F1 M+ m  ]% U+ [This time around, capital expenditure plans will be under the microscope. Budgets may still be undergoing finishing touches, but do not expect the Street to wait for the nitty-gritty details.
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Take the mammoth Suncor Energy Inc. (SU/TSX) as an example of the dramatic cuts that may be coming.

"We would not be surprised to see Suncor take a more conservative stance towards spending by scaling back its $9-billion to $10-billion 2009 capex program to the $5-billion to $6-billion range," said Andrew Potter, an analyst at UBS Securities Inc.

http://www.financialpost.com/money/story.html?id=895061

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原帖由 laojin168 于 2008-10-22 17:33 发表
% G! f9 Z, _9 z0 d) p, n) L  U: p项目会 推迟， 那么这里这么多做工程的会有什么影响？

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总体当然会有影响。不过具体到每个人可能就不一样。因为还是有些大项目要上马。那些把宝都押在Fort  Hill South和Voyageur 的影响就大些。