Will U.S. Shale Ever Return To Its Glory Days?

This article is intended to provide an update on one of the key trends I highlighted in my last OilPrice article on shale output in November. In that article, I discussed signs of maturing of the drilling inventory. Meaning that the number of Top-Tier locations in on the decline, and operators are being forced to drill less productive, lower-tier reservoirs to maintain output.

While there is no concern about production from shale reservoirs “falling off a cliff” anytime soon, the fall-off in productivity in at least some basins, is…