The U.S. Shale Boom Is Officially Over

The days of explosive growth in U.S. shale oil production are over. American oil production is rising, but at a much slower pace than it did before the 2020 crash, and at lower rates than expected a few months ago. The new priorities of the shale patch – capital discipline and a focus on returns to shareholders and debt repayments – have coupled with supply chain constraints and cost inflation to drag down U.

S. oil production growth. The Biden Administration’s mixed signals to the American oil and gas industry, with frequent blaming…