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Visualizing US shale oil & gas production

The blog contains still images from interactive dashboards available on each blog post.
To follow the instructions detailed in every post, use the interactive dashboards. You can also explore the dashboards to uncover different insights and trends.

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Permian – update through July 2018

This interactive presentation contains the latest oil & gas production data from all 17,140 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing since 2008/2009, through July. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboards Output has continued to rise fast in the first half year, adding over 400 thousand barrels of oil per day from horizontal wells. The apparent drop in July is as usual due to incomplete data. As the graph above s

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Permian – update through January 2020

This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this article, please use the interactive dashboards. Furthermore, they allow you to uncover other insights as well. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 26,331 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas &

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Permian – update through January 2019

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 20,021 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing since 2008/2009, through January 2019. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboards The chart above shows the massive growth in Permian production, as well as the underlying decline. Preliminary oil production for January came in at 3.1 million bo/d, which after revisions will be c

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Permian – update through February 2020

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 26,826 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, through February. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production Oil production from horizontal wells has hovered around 4 million bo/d (after upcoming revisio

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Permian – update through February 2019

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 20,349 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing since 2008/2009, through February 2019. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboards The breakneck growth in Permian production during the past 2 years appears to have taken a breather, at least temporarily. I expect that after revisions, production in February will come in 5-10

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Permian – update through December 2019

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 25,827 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, through December.   Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard December oil production came in at 4 million bo/d (after upcoming revisions), almost double the output compared with 2 years earlier (2.1 million bo

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Permian – update through December 2018

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 19,523 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing since 2008/2009, through December. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboards December oil production came in at around 3.1 million bo/d (after revisions), 1 million bo/d higher than a year earlier. Close to 4,400 horizontal wells were completed in 2018, 23% more than in 2017. As

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Permian – update through August 2020

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 28,483 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, through August. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total Production Tight oil production in the Permian was roughly flat in August, at close to 3.8 million bo/d (after upcoming revisions), probably slightly below the level a year earlier.

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Permian – update through August 2019

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 23,839 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, through August 2019. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Preliminary data from the state agencies already has August production at a record high (see chart above). After revisions, especially for New Mexico, I expect that August production will be revised

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Permian – update through August 2018

This interactive presentation contains the latest oil & gas production data from all 17,650 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing since 2008/2009, through August. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboards Oil production in the Permian from horizontal wells has continued to rise at an astonishing pace, adding about 1 million bo/d in production capacity in the 12 months through August, to about 2.7 million bo/d (

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Permian – update through April 2020

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 27,497 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, through April. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production In April, about 3.9 million bo/d was produced from horizontal wells in the Permian (after upcoming revisions), a m-o-m decline of ~5%. Based on preliminary data for May,

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Permian – update through April 2019

Permian – update through April 2019 This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this article, please use the interactive dashboards. Furthermore, they allow you to uncover other insights as well. These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 21,872 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, t

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Permian – update through April 2018

This interactive presentation contains the latest oil & gas production data through April from all 15,532 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing since 2008/2009. The graph above shows the rapid growth of unconventional oil production from horizontal wells in the Permian where total oil output doubled in the past 2 years. As usual for this region, recent data is incomplete, and I expect that after revisions April production has set another record

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Permian - update through May 2019

This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this article, please use the interactive dashboards. Furthermore, they allow you to uncover other insights as well. These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 22,473 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, through May 2019. The chart above

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Permian - Update through June 2019

This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this article, please use the interactive dashboards. Furthermore, they allow you to uncover other insights as well. These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 22,877 horizontal wells in the Permian (Texas & New Mexico) that started producing from 2008/2009 onward, through June 2019. June production

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Pennsylvania – update through September 2020

These interactive presentations contain the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,837 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through September. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production Pennsylvanian natural gas production fell in September by almost 1 Bcf/d, to ~18.5 Bcf/d (after upcoming revisions). In the first 9 months of this year, o

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Pennsylvania – update through September 2019

This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,239 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through September. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard September gas production came in at 18.6 Bcf/d, unchanged from the previous month. After several years of major improvements, well productivity is up only by a few percent since 2017 (see the “Well quality” tab). The

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Pennsylvania – update through October 2019

This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,319 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through October. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard October gas production came in at 18.7 Bcf/d, slightly higher than in the previous month, and again setting a new all-time high. But the horizontal rig count is down by almost 60% since the start of the year and production

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Pennsylvania – update through November 2020

These interactive presentations contain the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,944 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through November. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production Pennsylvanian natural gas production jumped in November (as it often does) and set a new record at almost exactly 20 Bcf/d. The previous high was a year ea

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Pennsylvania – update through November 2019

This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,372 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through November. November gas production spiked by 5% m-o-m, to 19.6 Bcf/d, setting a new record. Gas prices rose at the start of the month, and several operators, including Chesapeake, decided to increase production. You can see in the chart that something similar happened 2 and 3 years ago as well. Wel

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Pennsylvania – update through May 2020

This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,661 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through May. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production Natural gas production in this state fell by almost 0.5 Bcf/d in May, a larger decline than is common for this month. Compared with last year, output is still up

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Pennsylvania – update through May 2019

Pennsylvania – update through May 2019 This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this article, please use the interactive dashboards. Furthermore, they allow you to uncover other insights as well. This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 8,967 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through May.

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Pennsylvania – update through March 2020

This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,565 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through March. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production Natural gas production fell by 1% m-o-m to 19.3 Bcf/d in March, the same level as in January. In the first quarter of this year, 144 wells started production, v

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Pennsylvania – update through June 2020

This interactive presentation contains the latest gas (and a little oil) production data, from all 9,693 horizontal wells in Pennsylvania that started producing from 2010 onward, through June. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production Natural gas production fell by 0.4 Bcf/d in June to 18.4 Bcf/d, after a slightly larger drop in the month before. Year-over-year growth was just 0.15 Bcf/d. Nat

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Pennsylvania – update through July 2020

These interactive presentations contain the latest oil & gas production data from all 24,933 horizontal wells in the Eagle Ford region, that have started producing from 2008 onward, through June 2020. Visit ShaleProfile blog to explore the full interactive dashboard Total production After a 30% drop in May, Eagle Ford oil production recovered by almost 100 thousand bo/d to close to 1 million bo/d in June (after upcoming revisions).  Although natural gas product

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