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.

' B' n9 X" m$ f) C8 L* g& CAs 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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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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5 j' e! ~2 `& P. ~" B8 VTake the mammoth Suncor Energy Inc. (SU/TSX) as an example of the dramatic cuts that may be coming.
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"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.
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原帖由 laojin168 于 2008-10-22 17:33 发表
  J/ N& j, h7 S% Y! r% F( n项目会 推迟， 那么这里这么多做工程的会有什么影响？

! S: K0 A1 e" `4 X0 o4 E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。