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Production, Rig Count Surge As Exxon Bets Big On U.S. Shale
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Mar 3, 2017
US oil rig counts rose for the7th straight week (up 7 to 609) to the highest level since October 2015.
With production surging back above 9mm b/d – the highest in a year – the trend in the rig count implies considerably more production to come…
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And it’s all in the Permian…
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And with rig counts rising (in the Permian), production shows no signs of slowing, as OilPrice.com’s Nick Cunningham notes, ExxonMobil’s new CEO Darren Woods announced a dramatic shift towards shale drilling this week, a new strategy that will prioritize drilling thousands of smaller wells while reducing spending on the massive projects that the oil major has long been accustomed to pursuing.
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Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2017/03/03/production-rig-count-surge-as-exxon-bets-big-on-u-s-shale/
