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Art Berman: Exposing The False Promise Of Shale Oil
Art Berman: Exposing The False Promise Of Shale Oil Estimates of recoverable oil are proving wildly wrong Art Berman, geological consultant with over 37 years experience in petroleum exploration and production, returns to the podcast this week to debunk much of the hopium currently surrounding America’s shale oil output. Because the US is pinning huge […]
The Shale Oil Revolution Actually Reflects a Nation in Decline
Shutterstock The Shale Oil Revolution Actually Reflects a Nation in Decline Faster consumption + no strategy = diminished prospects Here in the opening month of 2019, as the US consumes itself with hot debate over a border wall, far more important topics are being ignored completely. Take US energy policy. In the US press and […]
Fracked Shale Oil Wells Drying Up Faster than Predicted, Wall Street Journal Finds
Fracked Shale Oil Wells Drying Up Faster than Predicted, Wall Street Journal Finds In 2015, Pioneer Natural Resources filed a report with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, in which the shale drilling and fracking company said that it was “drilling the most productive wells in the Eagle Ford Shale” in Texas. That made the company […]
Evidence Mounts For Shale Slowdown
Evidence Mounts For Shale Slowdown There is a growing pile of evidence pointing to a slowdown in the U.S. shale industry, as low prices take their toll. The rate of hydraulic fracturing began to decline in the last four months of 2018, a sign that U.S. shale activity began to slow even before the plunge […]
New Data Suggests Shocking Shale Slowdown
New Data Suggests Shocking Shale Slowdown U.S. shale executives often boast of low breakeven prices, reassuring investors of their ability to operate at a high level even when oil prices fall. But new data suggests that the industry slowed dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2018 in response to the plunge in oil prices. A […]
IEA Chief: U.S. Oil Output To Near Saudi+Russian Production By 2025
IEA Chief: U.S. Oil Output To Near Saudi+Russian Production By 2025 Total U.S. oil production around 2025 will almost equal the combined production of Russia and Saudi Arabia, Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency on Friday. The huge growth in U.S. shale production will completely […]
Shale Oil Keeps Growing on Trees
Shale Oil Keeps Growing on Trees The United States Geological Society (USGS) today released a report stating there is an estimated 46.3 billion barrels of theoretical, technically recoverable, as yet undiscovered light tight oil reserves in the Wolfcamp, Bone Springs and Avalon shaley carbonate formations in the Delaware Basin of West Texas. Shale oil, it seems, keeps […]
Shale Growth Could Slow On Oil Price Meltdown
Shale Growth Could Slow On Oil Price Meltdown Can the U.S. shale boom continue if WTI stays mired below $50 per barrel? Much has been made about the dramatic cost reductions that shale drillers have implemented over the past few years, with impressive breakeven prices that should ensure the drilling frenzy continues no matter where […]
Shale Under Pressure As Oil Falls Below $50
Shale Under Pressure As Oil Falls Below $50 The OPEC+ cuts still are not doing very much to boost oil prices, dashing hopes for many U.S. shale producers. With companies in the process of formulating their budgets for 2019, the prospect of $50 oil sticking around raises questions about the heady production figures expected from […]
Big Oil Doubles Down On Shale Despite Price Drop
Big Oil Doubles Down On Shale Despite Price Drop It’s the time of the year when oil companies start announcing their budgets for next year and besides a steady albeit guarded optimism, one thing stands out: oil majors are doubling down on their shale endeavors. Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Hess Corp all announced their capex plans […]
Oil Price Slide Puts The Brakes On U.S. Shale Growth
Oil Price Slide Puts The Brakes On U.S. Shale Growth While U.S. President Donald Trump continues to call on OPEC to keep oil prices low, because “The World does not want to see, or need, higher oil prices!”, one corner of the world may need WTI prices higher than the current low $50s to keep […]
IT BEGINS… Rapidly Falling Oil Prices First Guts Tar Sands, Then Shale Oil
IT BEGINS… Rapidly Falling Oil Prices First Guts Tar Sands, Then Shale Oil The rapidly falling oil prices have finally claimed the first victim, but it won’t be the last. The Alberta Canadian government announced late yesterday for a substantial cut in tar sands oil production to stem the hemorrhaging low oil price. The price paid […]



