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If OPEC hoped to scare Big Oil, it's not working. Oil prices have plunged below $70 per barrel following the cartel's decision to keep production steady despite tumbling prices.
But oil heavyweights ExxonMobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) claim they aren't losing sleep over the oil prices drop. In fact, they could survive oil as low as $40 per barrel. Exxon CEORex Tillerson told CNBC on Wednesday his company's massive energy projects are decade-long investment decisions that have been tested to be successful even "at the bottom of the cycle." "We test across a range all the way down to $40 and up to $120," Tillerson said.
Chevron also believes it could weather the storm down to $40 a barrel, according to Oppenheimer analyst Fadel Gheit, who cited a recent conversation with executives from the energy giant. Chevron did not respond to CNNMoney's request for comment.
Fire sales ahead? The defiant statements show how the American energy industry is not backing down against OPEC, which appears to be attempting to choke off the U.S. shale boom with painfully low prices.
If oil prices remain low -- or even tumble further -- some smaller energy companies and high-cost producers are likely to find themselves in serious financial trouble.
That could present a buying opportunity for Big Oil companies that have the financial flexibility to take advantage of a fire sale. "The best thing for Chevron and Exxon...is to see oil prices crashing and scare the hell out of everybody else. It becomes a window of opportunity" for acquisitions, said Gheit. He predicted a wave of mergers and acquisitions if oil prices don't recover by next summer.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM, -2.26% has tested the profitability of its oil plays against crude-oil prices as low as $40 a barrel and as high as $120 a barrel, CEO Rex Tillerson told CNBC on Wednesday. Exxon makes decades-long investment decisions, and its exploration and production projects have been tested to accomodate price swings, Tillerson said. Shares of Exxon rose on Wednesday, and crude-oil futures CLF5, -0.87% also gained after a weekly supply report showed a surprise decline in inventories. Crude futures have plunged in recent sessions after OPEC dashed hopes of an output cut that would help boost oil prices, which have fallen nearly 40% since June.