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The Next Oil Price Spike May Cripple The Industry

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Two diametrically opposed views dominate the current debate about where the oil price is heading. The second is that under the best of circumstances it will take the EV industry close to another decade to close this cost of ownership gap. Why the price of oil could spike before that. Since (non-U.S. Since (non-U.S.

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Huge Backlog Could Trigger New Wave Of Shale Oil

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The total number of DUCs hit 8,723 in November 2018, up 287 from a month earlier. The latest crash in oil prices once again raises this prospect. On the one hand, lower oil prices ā€“ despite the recent rebound, prices are still down sharply from a few months ago ā€“ can cause some E&Ps to want to hold off on drilling new wells.

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IHS Markit: US oil production growth heading for a major slowdown, as capital discipline and weak prices play out

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Going from nearly 2 million barrels per day annual growth in 2018, an all-time global record, to essentially no growth by 2021 makes it pretty clear that this is a new era of moderation for shale producers. Investors are imposing capital discipline on E&Pā€™s by pushing down equity prices and pushing up the cost of capital on debt markets.

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