Is Canadian Gas Really Uncompetitive With U.S. Shale Output?

摘要

Are low-cost shale gas plays in the United States really leaving Canadian natural gas producers in the dust? Some published comments in recent months suggest U.S. shale gas players have an enormous cost advantage over western Canadian producers. While working on FirstEnergy Capital Corp.'s 2009 study of finding, development and acquisition (FD&A) costs, Analyst Darren Engels sought to test this assumption.