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Low Cost NG Lowers Production Costs
Source : OGJ Data for 2009, EPRINC Calculations Effective Production Cost takes into account a refinery’s ability to use heavy crude feedstocks (complexity), product slate (yields) and operating costs (OPEX).
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79 82 85 88 91 94 97 100 103 106 109 112 115 118 121 $/bbl Refinery # (most complex on left, least complex on right) <<<---Higher CAPEX/OPEX, generally large, but better yields, feedstock flexibility Lower CAPEX/OPEX, generally smaller, but worse yields, less flexibility --->>>
U.S. Refiners' Effective Cost of Production
Effective Production Cost Production Cost with Low NG Price of $4/mcf = $0.75/bbl lower cost
5 mbd 10 mbd 15 mbd Cumulative Capacity