While it’s no longer a hidden secret, ExxonMobil’s Shale Assets continue to be major destroyers of capital. This is also true for most of the U.S. Fracking Industry, but it’s especially true for the country’s largest oil company as it continues to throw away good many after bad into its Shale Oil Black Hole…
The U.S. Shale Oil Industry is in serious trouble as it is not drilling enough wells to keep future production from collapsing. With a near 50% annual decline rate, the shale industry must drill enough wells to offset declines and grow production. And, to make matters even worse, the shale industry is depleting…
The Energy Cliff is wreaking havoc on the U.S. Shale Oil Industry as millions of barrels of oil production every year simply disappear into thin air. While oil analysts label this as a typical “Decline Rate,” the amount of oil being lost annually in the U.S. Shale Oil Industry should scare the living hell…
It looks like the U.S. Shale Oil Industry is using one last trick to keep the LIGHTS ON a bit longer. Due to low oil prices and the lack of available investment funds, the shale oil industry is working through a large percentage of its DUCs – Drilled Uncompleted Wells. After reaching a record high in June 2020…
Without the unprofitable and unconventional shale oil supply, U.S. oil production would still be below 5 million barrels per day. While we can applaud the shale industry for allowing the American Leech & Spend Suburban Economy to continue for another decade, I wouldn’t count on it lasting another ten years. …
Is the mighty Bakken Shale Oil Field finally peaking? Well, according to the data from the folks at the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, oil production in the Bakken has been flat for the past six months. And, to make matters worse, production has been flat even though oil…
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 barrels of oil, the massive money printing and…
Have you noticed the absolute carnage taking place in the U.S. shale oil stocks? It seems as if Wall Street and investors are finally growing weary of an industry that hasn’t made money in the past decade. Unfortunately, it took a longer than I expected, but the shale stocks have…
(By Mike Shellman), 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…
There is no better way to describe what is currently taking place in the U.S. Shale Oil Industry, than a bloodbath. Unfortunately, if the situation wasn’t bad enough for the shale oil industry when prices were 30-40% higher, today it’s a complete disaster.  While some might think that a bit of…