“Chevron announced earlier this month it would cut capital spending by 24 percent in 2016 to $26.6 billion. The company will not issue production forecasts until it reports earnings in January, but management previously said it expects output growth of 13 to 15 percent — about 2.9 million to 3 million barrels per day — by the end of 2017,” according to CNBC.
A growing minority of Wall Street strategists anticipate a pickup in oil prices next year and are recommending energy stocks as a way to play a rebound, reports Caroline Valetkevitch for Reuters.
In a recent Reuters poll, seven of 25 strategists cited energy as their contrarian pick for 2016 or expected a surprise upside in oil and energy next year, pointing to integrated oil companies as best situated to capitalize on the turn. [A Bottom Might be in for Energy ETFs]
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