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More focused than ever on keeping spending in check, shale operators haven’t been drilling new wells fast enough to keep up with output declines in older ones. So, next month, their combined production will edge lower by 47,000 barrels a day to about 7.46 million, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. View the full article
U.S. shale drillers are expected to post record second-quarter profits in coming days, reversing nearly a decade of debt-fueled losses. View the full article
Oilfield-service costs for U.S. shale drillers are expected to rebound in 2025, clawing back some of this year’s drop, as explorers expand the hunt for natural gas and extend sideways wells, according to industry consultant Enverus. View the full article
Some shale producers are seeking deals even as the biggest names in oil and gas, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., remain on the sidelines digesting their mega mergers after a blistering run. View the full article
From a barbecue lunch at an LNG terminal in Texas to commercial talks near Capitol Hill, American natural gas companies are making a multi-state push to woo potential European buyers. View the full article
After years of booms and busts that produced astronomical losses along with a whole lot of oil, the shale industry seems to have found a sweet spot, poised to hit a record of more than $30 billion of free cash generated in 2021. View the full article
Favorable hedge positions represent the biggest test yet of shale’s newfound resolve to act with discipline and focus on investor returns, and avoid a return to the relentless pursuit of growth. View the full article
Dry natural gas production from shale formations in the Appalachian Basin that spans Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio has been growing since 2008, and monthly production has recently set new record highs. View the full article
The recovery of the shale patch workforce is still years in the making despite the frothy profits that rallying crude prices are generating for U.S. oil companies and their contractors. View the full article
U.S. shale giants stung by billions of dollars in hedging losses are spending big bucks to ditch their positions in a risky bet that prices stay high. View the full article
Coordinated crude production reductions by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have led to a balanced global oil market, according to U.S. shale giant EOG Resources Inc. View the full article
Shale drillers Diamondback Energy, Devon Energy and Coterra Energy are boosting dividends while keeping oil output flat despite pleas from President Joe Biden to increase supplies and help take some the edge off of inflation. View the full article
More than 50% of oil executives told the Dallas Fed they foresee lower domestic crude production if the consolidation trend continues for five years, according to second-quarter survey results released Wednesday. View the full article
Shale executives have dramatically dialed back their oil-price expectations over the past three months as recession risks weigh on the market, according to the latest energy survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. View the full article
Ovintiv followed Matador Resources Co. in raising full-year production plans at a time when U.S. drillers have been committing to flat or moderate output growth so they can return more cash to investors and expand portfolios of future drilling sites. View the full article
Drilling in the U.S. shale patch dropped to the lowest level in almost two-and-a-half years as operators vow to make good on promises to investors for subdued production growth this year. View the full article
Shale explorers are searching for oil at rates not seen since the early weeks of the pandemic as high crude prices incentivize drilling. View the full article
Shale drillers’ newfound commitment to production discipline appears to be paying off as crude plunges toward a bear market. View the full article
Benchmark U.S. oil futures have advanced 45% this year and at that pace are on track for the biggest annual increase since 2016. In returning so much cash to shareholders, shale drillers are showing they will pass on gains from higher crude prices rather than use them to increase production. View the full article
Banks are gradually offering more credit to U.S. shale oil and natural gas producers as the industry recovers from last year’s contraction and energy prices rally. View the full article
It hasn’t been this cheap for shale explorers to raise money on the high-yield bond market since oil was at $100 a barrel in 2014, so they’re jumping on the opportunity to refinance debt at lower rates. View the full article
It hasn’t been this cheap for U.S. shale operators to raise money on the high-yield bond market since oil was at $100 a barrel in 2014, so they’re jumping on the opportunity to refinance debt at lower rates. View the full article
America's shale producers are continuing to the line on production, boosting investor returns and are now attracting the lowest bond yields they’ve ever seen. Instead of using cheap credit to boom once again, they’re using it to retire costlier debt. View the full article
Oil drillers in the biggest U.S. fields are shouldering record costs at the same time that some banks are increasingly reluctant to loan money to the sector, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. View the full article
Less than half of oil and natural gas drillers in the U.S. Great Plains and Rocky Mountains plan to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and methane this year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. View the full article
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I started this blog to express what I sense about the highs and lows of the oil realm, while cautiously analysing historical data, taking into account the geo-political development at the time of recording them.
I got into this field, having been a passive observer of fluctuations of crude oil prices and their global consequences for years.
Then, when on the day of Great Oil Crash in April, 2020, I made a decision to make my own blog, with the motto, ‘analysing data that really matters’.
Having come from an academic background in mathematics and physics, I analyse data using my own tools, created with JavaScript and Python, taking my decision on board while making decisions.
