Morgan Stanley analysts recently included this chart of crude production costs. Onshore Middle East oil sites are much cheaper to tap than North American shale, which costs about $65 per barrel to extract.
1. ponder-reflect deeply on a subject; I mulled over the events of the afternoon; philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years; The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate.
Synonyms: prayer, request, orison, predication, asking, postulation, petition. prayer, petition, orison (verb) reverent petition to a deity. Synonyms: entreaty, orison, prayer, postulation, supplication, supplicant, appeal, petition, request. petition (verb) write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing