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.
âalacrityâ: synonyms and related words: 1  a new lease of life idiom. 2  animation. 3  ardour. 4  avid. 5  brio. 6  flap. 7  frisson. 8  get-up-and-go. 9  glamour. 10  gusto. 11  hoo-ha. 12  sparkle. 13  spice. 14  spirit. 15  sprightly. 16  stimulation. 17  stir. 18  suspense. 19  zap. 20  zest.