Saturday 24 January 2015

Oil Well Investment Opportunities For Interested Parties

By Karyn Shields


Oil is a non renewable resource that is of high value. Many countries and people individually compete for it as it is worth millions of money. There are several oil well investment opportunities that different companies can opt for. Oil reserves which are full are not easy to come across. A reserve may be present but with nothing inside. However, when by luck an organization dealing with drilling operations strikes a full reserve, the benefits for them would be endless.

Oil reserves can be categorized into two, proven and unproven. For proven reserves, there is a positive and high chance that the resource will be present. It can be further classified into proven developed which implies that no additional expenses will be required because there are perforations and wells that already exists which can allow extractions of oil. The second classification is unproven developed which implies that additional cost will be needed to force oil towards the surface. For instance, digging wells.

Unproven reserves have a low chance that the resource will be available. It can also be classified into two. One is probable which implies there is a 50% chance for oil to be available and the second one is possible where there is a 10% chance of oil to exist.

There are great opportunities where speculators can invest in oil wells. However, not all companies have a good record of their work. To avoid the risk of losing money, investors should look for a company with a stream of successful records of their work. This would assure you that the investment in question will bear fruits. A company with a good record will have the necessary technology to conduct exploration in the right places.

There are two ways in which an investor could use their money. First, by directly make full use of their money on oil wells or speculating in oil stocks. The most recommended is speculating directly on wells. It is because, if a well is discovered to be full of the resource, the profits that would come afterwards will be endless.

Direct investment poses both a risk and an advantage at the same time. The risk comes in when investors come across a dry hole where oil is no longer available. This would result to major losses since all the money was invested in the extraction process. Such problems can be avoided by speculating in several projects.

The opportunity to it is tax advantages. This means, when a well produces oil, 15% of the income acquired is free of tax. This is an advantage to investors who are lucky enough to come across a full oil reserve.

There are 2 programs that an investor can choose to work on. One is exploration where a land is bought or rented and the extraction begins. This program is risky as one is not certain that the resource is present at that particular location or not. The second program deals with extraction in places proven locations.

Speculation opportunities in oil wells are there. What is required of an interested party is to take a risk which might turn to be a stream of income for a bright future.




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