{"id":3276,"date":"2014-12-19T14:30:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2014-12-19T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:30:46","slug":"guest-post-calculating-the-breakeven-price-for-the-median-bakken-shale-well-zero-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3276","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Calculating The Breakeven Price For The Median Bakken Shale Well | Zero Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Post: Calculating The Breakeven Price For The Median Bakken Shale Well | Zero Hedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A lot of data has been thrown around recently concerning the Bakken shale wells of North Dakota in an attempt to figure out the necessary oil price required to break even on the investment.<\/strong>\u00a0 In order to get a clearer picture of the financial situation in Bakken, it is necessary to develop a financial model of the median Bakken well (attached).<\/p>\n

The median Bakken well has the following attributes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With a discount rate of 15%, the median well has a profitability index of 1.02 (after federal income tax)\u00a0<\/strong>if $66 per barrel is used<\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 (A profitability index of 1.0 indicates a break even situation at the discount rate that was used in the model).\u00a0\u00a0This means that at $66 per barrel, half the wells are uneconomic.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 If oil prices settle out at this price it can be expected that the number of wells drilled should be reduced by about half.<\/p>\n

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