Big oil producers to cut investment again in 2016
International oil companies are being forced to cut spending, sell assets, shed jobs, delay projects
London
WITH crude prices at 11-year lows, the world's biggest oil and gas producers are facing their longest period of investment cuts in decades, but are expected to borrow more to preserve the dividends demanded by investors.
At around US$37 a barrel, crude prices are well below the US$60 firms such as Total, Statoil and BP need to balance their books, a level that has already been sharply reduced over the past 18 months.
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