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Energy Market Trends and Policies: Implications for Louisiana Executive Briefing Lakeshore Lion’s Club Monthly Meeting David E. Dismukes, Ph.D. C t f E St di June 20, 2011 Center for Energy Studies Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies 1

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Energy Market Trends and Policies: Implications for Louisiana

Executive BriefingLakeshore Lion’s Club Monthly Meeting

David E. Dismukes, Ph.D.C t f E St di

June 20, 2011

Center for Energy StudiesLouisiana State University

Center for Energy Studies

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Center for Energy Studies

Take Away Points: Outlooks and Issues

• Recession coupled with increases in production led to relatively large capacity overhangs, particularly in natural gas.

• As the economy has recovered, markets show a new period of crude oil and natural gas price decoupling based upon current and anticipated changes in market fundamentals.

• Crude oil is king over the next few years and energy policy needs to appreciate and be mindful of those changes.

GOM continues to be a large contributor to overall energy production While• GOM continues to be a large contributor to overall energy production. While there is a growing appreciation regarding the region’s production contributions in natural gas (shales), few appreciate the considerable crude oil contribution made by the GOM, particularly from the deepwater areas.

• Energy policy needs to be mindful of the role that new production techniques play in facilitating new energy supply opportunities in hydrocarbons. The Deepwater Horizon accident has already imposed significant impacts for deepwater GOM activities as well as conventional shallow water activitiesdeepwater GOM activities as well as conventional shallow-water activities. Potential state and/or EPA regulations on hydro fracturing could have equally important implications.

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Crude Oil TrendsCrude Oil Trends

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Center for Energy Studies Crude Oil Trends

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Prices

Prices say a lot about what has been going on in energy markets over the past decade.

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Center for Energy Studies Crude Oil Trends

U.S. Crude Oil Proved Reserves and Production

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Center for Energy Studies Crude Oil Trends

GOM Crude Oil Production as a Share of Total U.S. Crude Oil Production

GOM is an important contributor to domestic crude oil production.  The region accounts for 30 percent of domestic crude oil production and originally 

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GOM OCS D t C d Oil P d ti

Crude Oil Trends

GOM OCS Deepwater Crude Oil Production

The significant increase in deepwater crude oil production has been a major new source of domestic crude oil supply

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U S C d Oil P d ti F t

Crude Oil Trends

U.S. Crude Oil Production Forecast

Deepwater production is forecast to increase by almost 20 percent between 2010 and 2030.

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Sh ll t d illi i ti it

Crude Oil Trends

Shallow-water drilling rig activity

Total pre‐spill shallow‐water activity currently down by about 35 percent.Other Standby

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D t d illi i ti it

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Natural Gas TrendsNatural Gas Trends

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Center for Energy Studies Natural Gas Trends

U.S. Natural Gas Production and Proved Reserves, January 2007 to Present

On average, natural gas reserves have been increasing by 5 percent per year since 2000 (except 2004‐2005 tropical season, 2 percent).

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Center for Energy Studies Pricing Trends

Natural Gas Prices

Customers have also seen considerable benefits from reduced natural gas pricing volatility.

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Center for Energy Studies Natural Gas Trends

Forward-Looking Challenges

• Analysis of shale resources over the past three years has focused very heavily on identifying and characterizing the resource.

• Significant emphasis on understanding its magnitude.

• This has been an important pcontribution since many producers now have a good appreciation for the opportunities in shale development.

• Other stakeholder groups, such as investors, policy makers, regulators, interest groups and the general public are also starting to understand and appreciate the importance of these resources.

• Challenge over the next three to five years will be in understanding the winners and losers within C a e ge o e t e e t t ee to e yea s be u de sta d g t e e s a d ose s tthe various plays.

• Can be as much variation in production within some of these plays and between them.14© LSU Center for Energy Studies

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Center for Energy Studies Energy Opportunities

Estimated Size of U.S. Natural Gas Resources

Unconventional natural gas resources account for as much as conventional and is anticipated to exceed conventional resources in the future.1

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1In 2007, unconventional natural gas production represented 48 percent of Lower‐48 natural gas production. By 2020, it is forecast to be 69 percent of the Lower‐48 total. Vidas, H. and Hugman, V.  2008.  Availability, economics and production potential of North American unconventional natural gas supplies.  Prepared for the INGAA Foundation by ICF International.  November 2008.

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L i i Ri C t d N t l G P d ti

Center for Energy Studies Energy Opportunities

Louisiana Rig Count and Natural Gas Production

Louisiana natural gas production was relatively constant until late 2008. Production became explosive given new production from Haynesville shale parishes

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Center for Energy Studies Natural Gas Trends

Rig Count and Crude Oil Price, (Each State Measured Relative to 1999 Activity)

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LA Drilling/Production Challenges

Rig Count, North Louisiana (Haynesville) and Texas District 1 (Eagle Ford)

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Moti ations for Mo ing Shale Gas to Global Cons ming AreasMotivations for Moving Shale Gas to Global Consuming Areas

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Center for Energy Studies Natural Gas Uses

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Center for Energy Studies Natural Gas Uses

Natural Gas Vehicles

• A natural gas vehicle (“NGV”) uses compressed natural gas (“CNG”) or, less commonly, liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) as a clean alternative to other automobile fuels.

• CNG releases over 1.6 times as much energy as that released from petroleum based fuels (or for the same amount of energy, CNG produces nearly 40 percent less CO2).

• In 2008, NGVs used 215 million gasoline-equivalent gallons. To compare, total gasoline usage in 2008 was 55 million gallons per day, or a total of 20 billion gallons.

• Currently in the U.S., about 12 to 15 percent of public transit buses in run on natural gas (either CNG or LNG).

• States with the highest consumption of natural gas for transportation are California, New York, Texas, Georgia,Massachusetts and D.C.

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• One major limitation is that CNG vehicles require a greater amount of space for fuel storage.

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Center for Energy Studies Natural Gas Uses

Natural Gas Consumption by Sector

Currently, NGVs account for less than 0.18 percent of U.S. natural gas consumption, but the rate of growth in consumption (158 percent) over the past 

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Center for Energy Studies Natural Gas Uses

Potential Natural Gas Consumption – NGV

NGV consumption of natural gas is estimated to increase at an average annual rate of 7 percent through 2035 At best this usage will be considerably less than 1 Tcf

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ConclusionsConclusions

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Center for Energy Studies Conclusions

Conclusions

• Understatement to note shale is a game changer – the large unknowns are to what extent, and how far, these opportunities can spread – particularly abroad. LNG will always provide discipline to the market (margin cost of importing can be very low).

• Existing opportunities (Rockies, Alaska, deepwater) are still there and new opportunities (frontier areas, deep drilling) continue to materialize (i.e., substitutes and alternatives). Unfortunately, the Deepwater Horizon accident has already imposed a significantly negative impact on deepwater GOM activities and is likely to prevent drilling in offshore frontier areas in the foreseeable future.

• Demand (recovery) big unknown at this point. New technologies likely to have significant and unknown impacts on markets. Environmental regulation likely to have a big impact.

• Policy still has an impact, several initiatives that could unwind resource gains. Opportunities for big gains, big contractions.

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p p• Renewables and alternative fuel vehicles all put pressure on gas resources

if developed to anticipated levels.

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Center for Energy Studies Conclusions

Questions, Comments and Discussion

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