7. A quick note on why I use
the Goldsmith model …
• Determines a long‐term “sustainable” revenue/budget
number based on a multi‐year forward look – not a
year‐to‐year approach.
• Enables adjustments to key inputs (oil price &
production, LNG, population growth, POMV rate). Why
needed?
"The reason the Department of Revenue will invariably always
project declining oil production is because of the relatively
conservative nature by which production forecast occurs … [I]t
is 'highly likely' that the State will see increased production of
50,000 barrels per day [and] a further 50,000 barrels is
considered 'likely' by DOR and the Department of Natural
Resources.“ ‐ AG Craig Richards (Feb 2016)
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