You cannot book reserves, or enjoy the cash flow that production brings.
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Most of the savings came not from trimming labor (10% of cost) but from getting parts to the factory floor faster and improving production flow.
The flow test will show what is in the well, how much production will flow out, and how rapidly the well will clean itself up and be ready for connection to the nearby pipeline.
Former Greenpeace activist Annie Leonard, author of the book "The Story of Stuff, " and host of an online video, said 99 percent of all the materials that flow through the production process becomes trash within six months.
On 16th May Swedish Auto announced that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pang Da Automobile Trade Co. (China), Ltd that would give SAAB access to te required cash flow to restart production in exchange for an equity stake.
This means keeping more cash flow for exploration and production, and less cash for dividends.
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Moffett knows that once he has a successful flow test and has production online, he will be the belle of the ball.
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That is especially so when combined with the production cash flow that should began to grow again in early 2011 when Blueberry Hill is expected to come online.
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As borrowings have grown, even increases in production and operating cash flow have not been enough to increase shareholder value.
The economics of production allows dollars to flow to the projects that can do the most good for the most vulnerable.
The production also provides cash flow to support the stock.
Although the company has grown its oil and gas production and operating cash flow, it has taken a lot of new debt and common equity raising to accomplish these growth objectives.
"Harley's true earnings and cash flow generating power are held back by production, " says Yurman.
Even negative readings last night on Japanese household spending and industrial production could not stop the flow of funds toward the yen as a safe haven.
The wells tend to generate 20% annual returns on capital invested, he said, but they also tend to decline at rates up to 80% in the first 18 months, meaning companies that want to show an increase in production must roll the cash flow into an expanding number of wells to stay ahead of the decline.
The United States still needs to ensure the free flow of oil, because a stop in production will cause prices to spike on global markets, affecting the entire planet.
Boeing shares had gained 11 percent in the three months prior to Monday as investors anticipated a growing flow of cash from Boeing's faster production of its big planes.
The group, which focuses on oil and gas exploration, primarily in the UK and the Norwegian North Sea, reported a dramatic boost to production, proven reserves and cash flow last year.
Which means that if Sharp really are bust, or close to it, then one possibly sensible thing to do is just sweat that production line of all the cash flow that can be got from it.
That would ensure some measures of flow rates before the end of the calendar year and production in early 2012.
Strong global demand, inadequate spare production capacity, and threatened interruptions in the flow of oil from big suppliers Iran and Nigeria kept prices high this week.
"If they just froze their production profiles, they'd be gushing cash flow, " agrees Tocqueville's Mr. Hathaway.
Spyker expects to be cash flow negative this year as well, as it ramps up production of a redesigned Saab 9-3.
Offshore oil production could help refill the pipeline just when the flow from the North Slope is projected to reach critical lows.
So long as America remains one of the world's largest consumer markets and there are enough economic incentives to move production to the U.S., the flow of global employment will run both ways.
Still, because of relatively inexpensive production costs, Sensata is able to maintain 30% cash flow margins.
As production rises in the U.S., the daily flow of imported crude oil falls to a 17-year low.
The administrators said the old company had faced "significant challenges" involving technology and production techniques and this led to the firm running into cash flow difficulties.
But one Shell contractor said he still faced pressure to meet production deadlines, which meant somehow dealing with threats to disrupt the flow of oil.
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