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CHART OF THE WEEK: The Surprising Drop In U.S. Crude Oil Production

CHART OF THE WEEK: The Surprising Drop In U.S. Crude Oil Production U.S. crude oil production experienced a surprising drop last week, even though domestic demand for oil and petroleum products increased.  This came as a surprise to some energy analysts.  Furthermore, the IEA, International Energy Agency came out with a forecast for global oil demand […]

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Global Economic Growth In Serious Trouble When U.S. Shale Oil Peaks & Declines

Global Economic Growth In Serious Trouble When U.S. Shale Oil Peaks & Declines The global economy would be in serious trouble if it weren’t for the rapid growth of U.S. shale oil production.  Since the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. shale oil production has increased by more than 6 million barrels per day.  Without these additional […]

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U.S. Oil Production Is Set To Soar Past 12 Million Bpd

U.S. Oil Production Is Set To Soar Past 12 Million Bpd Rising shale production is putting the United States on track to hit the 12 million bpd oil production mark sooner than previously forecast, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its November Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Next year’s U.S. crude oil output is now […]

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Top U.S. Shale Oil Fields Decline Rate Reaches New Record…. Half Million Barrels Per Day

Top U.S. Shale Oil Fields Decline Rate Reaches New Record…. Half Million Barrels Per Day While the U.S. reached a new record of 11 million barrels of oil production per day last week, the top five shale oil fields also suffered the highest monthly decline rate ever.  This is bad news for the U.S. shale […]

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Is History Repeating Itself In Oil Markets?

Is History Repeating Itself In Oil Markets? Back in 2014, U.S. shale production was growing so fast that it ended up crashing the market. Now, history could be repeating itself. That was the warning from the International Energy Agency, which said in its latest Oil Market Report that a “second wave” of shale supply threatens […]

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Oil Prices: Collapse Now, Spike Later

Oil Prices: Collapse Now, Spike Later Oil prices closed out the week sharply down, wiping out all the gains posted since the start of the year. Surging U.S. shale production, along with broader financial turmoil, has clearly put an end to the bullish mood in the oil market. U.S. shale struck several blows against oil […]

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WTI Tumbles To $62 Handle After IEA Predicts “Explosive” US Shale Production As Oil Prices Surge

WTI Tumbles To $62 Handle After IEA Predicts “Explosive” US Shale Production As Oil Prices Surge Update: The IEA report has impact prices – as would be expected – sending WTI back below the crucial support level of $63 once again… With WTI Futures net long positioning at extreme longs, one wonders if $63 can […]

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Is Oil About to Collapse?

Is Oil About to Collapse? US producers simply don’t play along with OPEC and Russia. By Martin Tiller, Oil & Energy Insider: WTI really does look like it is about to collapse. Let’s be clear, I am not necessarily talking about a return to the sub-$30 of the beginning of 2016 here, but a return to the […]

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U.S. SHALE OIL PRODUCTION UPDATE: Financial Carnage Continues To Gut Industry

U.S. SHALE OIL PRODUCTION UPDATE: Financial Carnage Continues To Gut Industry As the Mainstream media reports about the next phase of the glorious U.S. Shale Oil Revolution, the financial carnage continues to gut the industry deep down inside the entrails of its horizontal laterals.  The stench of fracking fluid must be driving shale oil advocates utterly […]

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OPEC Reports 151Kbpd Drop In October Crude Output; Raises Demand Forecast For 2018

OPEC Reports 151Kbpd Drop In October Crude Output; Raises Demand Forecast For 2018 True to its perpetually optimistic form, OPEC, which only last week for the first time conceded the threat posed by rising US shale production… … sharply raised its demand forecast for cartel oil in 2018, ahead of a key meeting of the […]

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Rig Count Drops Most In 7 Months As ‘Traders’ Panic-Buy Crude Futures

Rig Count Drops Most In 7 Months As ‘Traders’ Panic-Buy Crude Futures The US oil rig count dropped 5 to 763 last week, the biggest drop in 7 months. However, crude production from the Lower 48 has surged (rising the most since June last week) to the highest since July 2015. Even with today’s sheer […]

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Production, Rig Count Surge As Exxon Bets Big On U.S. Shale

Production, Rig Count Surge As Exxon Bets Big On U.S. Shale US oil rig counts rose for the7th straight week (up 7 to 609) to the highest level since October 2015.  With production surging back above 9mm b/d – the highest in a year – the trend in the rig count implies considerably more production to […]

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US Shale Production To Soar By 3.5 Million Barrels/Day Over Next Five Years: BofA Explains Why

US Shale Production To Soar By 3.5 Million Barrels/Day Over Next Five Years: BofA Explains Why Two years ago, when Saudi Arabia launched on an unprecedented campaign to crush high-cost oil producers, in the process effectively putting an end to the OPEC cartel (at least until last year’s attempt to cut production), it made a […]

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US shale oil too expensive, peaks 1H 2015

US shale oil too expensive, peaks 1H 2015 According to EIA data, monthly US crude oil production peaked in April 2015 at 9.6 mb/d. Fig 1: US crude oil production to June 2015 http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbblpd_m.htm The above graph shows that US crude production increased by around 4 mb/d between mid 2011 and mid 2015, mostly from […]

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