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Jan 18, 2018 · Between mid-2014 and early 2016, the global economy faced one of the largest oil price declines in modern history. The 70 percent price drop during that period was one of the three biggest declines since World War II, and the longest lasting since the supply-driven collapse of 1986.
Nov 23, 2022 · By mid-2014, Canadian oil and gas investments reached a new high of over $80 billion, with the sector’s share of total industrial investment also peaking that year at 24%. By late 2014 to early 2015, however, crude oil prices – and Canadian oil and gas investment – fell rapidly.
- Crude oil price. The price of crude oil is the most important factor that drives production and investment in the oil and gas extraction sector. Chart 1 presents movements in two of the most relevant crude oil prices for Canada, the WTI and the Western Canadian Select (WCS) from January 2019 to February 2021.
- Production and employment. Chart 2 presents monthly production and employment in the oil and gas extraction industry and in all industries as a whole from January 2019 to April 2021.
- Crude oil and merchandise exports. The global value chain and, therefore, merchandise exports have been greatly affected by the pandemic because of declining demand.
- Capital expenditures. Capital expenditures in oil and gas extraction are highly related to crude oil price. Lower oil prices will drive down the profit level of oil and gas extraction and ultimately discourage investment in the industry, and this will affect its production capacity in the long term.
Oil prices dropped sharply in March as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded and as Russia and Saudi Arabia failed to reach an agreement to support oil prices by limiting production. In response, oil companies in Canada reacted by adjusting down both capital expenditures and production plan in 2020.
The decline in oil prices in 2014 had a significant impact on the Canadian economy. Canada is a net oil exporter, and the price of oil affects the country’s terms of trade, its gross domestic income and the value of its dollar.
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Dec 13, 2021 · As the data show, despite the severe decline in oil and natural gas prices between 2014 and 2017 and the resulting decline in economic activity, at 6.4 per cent in 2017, the oil and gas sector’s direct and indirect share of Canada’s GDP still produced the following effects on Canada’s economy. 1.
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Aug 1, 2018 · Investment in Canada’s oil and gas sector declined in the last several years from a high in 2014. Brent crude oil averaged US$99 per barrel (bbl) in 2014 when, according to an industry survey by Oil and Gas Journal (OGJ), capital spending on Canadian oil and gas reached a peak at C$80.7 billion.
