Four Consecutive Years Of Declining Conventional Oil Volumes Which Has Never Happened Before -- IHS -- May 23, 2016

Oil & Gas Journal is reporting that the conventional discoveries of oil and gas outside North America have fallen to the lowest level since 1952. Some data points:

• outside of North American in 2015: just 12 billion boe recoverable resources were discovered from conventional wells
• lowest level since 1952 (about the time I was born)
• wow: the volume of oil alone discovered in 2015 totaled just 2.8 billion bbl -- also a record on the downside -- since the ramp-up of oil and gas exploration following WWII
• 9 million boe of conventional gas discovered: fifth straight year that gas discoveries have exceeded oil discoveries
• the fall in discovered volumes for conventional oil outside North America has been stead and dramatic during the past few years
• four consecutive years of declining oil volumes, which has never happened before
• the bottom has completely fallen out of conventional exploration
• the supply gap in the future is going to be challenging to overcome

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Oil Production Won't Meet Demand In Five (5) Years -- Former Shell CEO

CNBC is reporting:

"We cannot ever produce enough oil, in my opinion, to satisfy global demand five or 10 years out. We have to start using natural gas and more biofuels as a source of transportation fuel," former Shell Oil CEO John Hofmeister said in an interview with CNBC.

On Thursday, the American Petroleum Institute reported petroleum deliveries rose by 3.6 percent from a year ago to 19.7 million barrels a day, making it the highest April deliveries in eight years.

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