Tag: shale oil

January 23, 2019

The shale oil revolution will remain in the spotlight in 2019 and promises to once again be one of the most crucial factors driving global oil markets. Rapid growth in U.S. oil production is single-handedly satisfying worldwide oil demand – […]

April 10, 2018

Investors have been calling for shale producers to avoid overspending because it could mean too much production which would drive down oil prices and leave them unable to service their debt. Needless to say, other producers such as OPEC would […]

March 5, 2018

A teenage growth spurt – U.S. onshore liquids production is on a tear again. Already rebounding from the downturn for a year, right now it’s turbo-charged. We expect tight oil to grow by 2 million b/d over the next two […]

August 16, 2017

Oil prices edged up on Wednesday, lifted by declining U.S. crude inventories, although markets were still restrained by excess supply. Market focus was turning to the release of official U.S. Energy Information Administration data later on Wednesday for a further […]

June 13, 2017

Shale oil production in the United States is expected to jump again in July, marking the fourth straight month the Department of Energy has forecast monthly growth above 100,000 barrels a day. The department’s U.S. Energy Information Administration on Monday […]

February 2, 2017

In most U.S. shale oil regions, energy firms are making strategic but cautious bets as the price of oil holds above $50 a barrel. Here in the Permian Basin of West Texas, the largest U.S. oil patch, the industry poured […]

January 13, 2017

Though the increase is small compared to the whopping 155,000 job cuts over the past two years, the increase is an indication that the cycle in the industry is finally starting to swing in another direction. The shale oil companies […]

December 22, 2016

The production cut of 1.8 million barrels of oil a few years back would have led to a massive spike in oil prices; however, in 2016, it has barely managed to nudge prices above the $52 per barrel mark. Fears […]

June 20, 2016

Two years into the worst oil price rout in a generation, large and mid-sized U.S. independent producers are surviving and eyeing growth again as oil nears $50 a barrel, confounding OPEC and Saudi Arabia with their resiliency. That shale giants […]

May 13, 2016

When Will Supply Deluge and Price Rout End, and Will Oil Top $50 by 2017? : Continuing Market Uncertainty Puts Pressure on Global Crude Oil Price This research service aims to analyze the key factors effecting the price of crude […]

April 11, 2016

Nearly two years into an epic oil rout, U.S. shale drillers that have upended global energy markets are finally feeling a credit squeeze as banks make their biggest cuts yet to their loans. Every six months, oil and gas producers […]

March 31, 2016

The near-term outlook for oil markets is a mess. Price volatility recently reached its highest level since the global financial crisis as traders, investors and the industry as a whole try to sort through the significance of two big changes: […]