(EnergyAsia, November 22, Thursday) — Despite the attraction of high oil prices, western majors are not investing enough in new exploration and production (E&P) activity and other energy sources.Several factors are deterring investment decisions: increasingly difficult environments, unfriendly governments and rising capital and operating costs.Examples abound. Royal Dutch Shell has seen the cost estimates of…
MARKETS: Upstream investment depressed despite high oil prices
Posted on November 21, 2007 by EnergyAsia