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Investment Overview for Anadarko (NYSE:APC)
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Below are key drivers for Anadarko which present opportunities for upside or downside to the current Trefis price estimate for Anadarko.
- Crude Oil Price: The price of crude oil & condensates increased from $60 in 2006 to $96 in 2008 before falling back down towards $59 in 2009. Prices recovered in 2010 and 2011 because of a global economic recovery. Prices touched $102 / barrel in 2011 and fell marginally to $101/ barrel in 2012. Anadarko's stock price is highly sensitive to crude oil prices as the company derives almost two thirds of its value, by our estimates, from the sale of these products. If prices go up futher to $120 / bbl in the near-term and remain elevated during our forecast period, our price estimate for Anadarko could rise by as much as 10%.
- Natural Gas Price: Natural gas production in the U.S. rose to a 40 year high in 2010, reaching roughly 21.6 trillion cubic feet. Production grew for the sixth consecutive year in 2011. The rise in output is largely due to increased output from shale formations. Rising production and inventory levels have resulted in a strong downward on natural gas prices. In 2012, gas prices reached a 10 year low in the U.S. falling below $2/MMBTU. Industry observers expect the natural gas supply to outpace demand, creating a strong headwind for natural gas prices in the years ahead. If average prices remain below $3 per thousand cubic feet through the end of our forecast period, it would imply a roughly 5% downside to our price estimate for Anadarko.
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is among the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world, with 2.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) of proved reserves as of December 31, 2011. The company has a small interest in marketing and trading of energy products. Anadarko's production and development operations are located primarily in United States, Algeria, China and Ghana. The company also has exploration acreage in Brazil, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Indonesia and other countries.
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The company's most valuable business is the production of crude oil and condensates. Its second most valuable business is the production of natural gas.
900 billion cubic feet of Natural Gas sales at an average price of $3 per thousand cubic feet
Natural gas production and sales is a major source of value for Anadarko. This is due to the large level of sales and expected growth in output in the U.S. and in international markets. We estimate that the company will be able to sell nearly 900 billion cubic feet of natural gas at an average price of around $2.5 per thousand cubic feet in the next two years.
95 million barrels of crude oil sales at an average price of $107 per barrel
The company has significant crude oil producing capacity and is looking to increase liquids production in the U.S. to offset lower natural gas prices as a result of which we estimate that it will be able to sell around 90 million barrels of crude oil and condensates annually at an average price of $100-105 per barrel in the next two years.
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Recent oil & gas discoveries will help increase production
Anadarko has made major natural gas discoveries in the Offshore Area 1 of Mozambique's Rovuma Basin at the Lagosta prospect. The discovery is touted as one of the most significant finds over the last decade and could hold about 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. In another discovery, Anadarko found oil in off shore Sierra Leone, which could help lift production. The company has also struck oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico and other offshore prospects.
Increasing costs associated with upstream / downstream activities
According to a recent report by IHS, global upstream capital and operating expenditures are expected to reach a record of $1.23 trillion for 2012 and rise to $1.64 trillion in 2016.
The capital expenditure target for 2012 has been pegged at $16 billion, while those for the next 5 years has been pegged at $15 billion annually.
Due to various new finds offshore, oil and gas producers are increasingly focusing on offshore projects to boost their reserves. According to IHS findings, onshore projects command the largest share of capital expenditures but offshore projects are expected to outpace the growth in capital expenditures compared to onshore projects going forward. Capital expenditures on offshore projects are expected to increase 58% from 2011 to 2016 compared to 39% for onshore projects.
This has been primarily due to:
Increasing commodity prices:
Prices of items such as fuel and chemicals have risen sharply in the last few years as demand grew in emerging markets. Some refineries typically use 5-7% of their feedstock as fuel to run refineries. Firms are increasing focus on energy efficiency to drive this down.-
Complexity of projects:
Various oil companies have embarked on projects in the unconventional space. It includes oil extracted from deepwater regions, oil sands, oil shale, and oil obtained by conversion of gas to liquids (GTL). Some of these resources are located in geographically and geologically complex locations and require a lot of technological innovation and ingenuity. This has led to longer development timelines which have in turn resulted in higher costs.
Peak oil
It is estimated that a large part of the world's oil reserves have already been discovered. Recent statistics have indicated that global consumption has been outpacing reserve additions. Peak oil is a commonly used term to describe the point at which world oil output will reach a maximum and decline afterward.
However, many institutions such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) believe that oil production will not peak in the near future, although the IEA warns that non-OPEC production may have already hit a peak. Many governments across the world are promoting alternative energy measures to ensure that supply is able to keep pace with demand.
Improvements in technology
Due to limited underlying growth in product demand, there has been a tendency in recent years to increase the complexity of refineries rather than expand their capacity. In the US, no new refineries have been built since 1980. However, improvements in process design and technology has seen refining capacity increase by around 1% per year.
The refineries that were established earlier were mainly used to process light sweet crude resulting in an increase in demand for the latter. With oil prices climbing to record highs in recent times, heavy crude oil is becoming more economically attractive. There has been an increasing interest in the development of new cost-effective methods which will allow economical extraction and transportation of heavy crude oil for refining into valuable light and middle distillate fuels.
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