2014-11-21telegraph.co.uk

``"The oil majors could not even generate free cash flow when oil prices were averaging $100 ," said Mark Lewis from Kepler Cheuvreux. They have picked the low-hanging fruit. New fields are ever less hospitable. Upstream costs have tripled since 2000. "They have been able to disguise this by drawing down legacy barrels, but they won't be able to get away with this over the next five years. We think the break-even price for the whole industry is now over $100," he said.''



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