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.
âsedateâ: synonyms and related words: ( 1 as) cool as a cucumber idiom. 2  at (your) leisure idiom. 3  be at peace with the world idiom. 4  carefree. 5  careless. 6  comfort. 7  comfortably. 8  easy come, easy go idiom. 9  easy-going. 10  equilibrium. 11  free-flowing. 12  genteel. 13  harmonious. 14  lamb. 15  peaceful. 16  poised. 17  quiescent. 18  relaxed. 19  rested. 20  sangfroid.