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EIA: Permian region expected to drive US crude oil production growth through 2019

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million barrels per day (b/d) in 2018 and 11.7 Source: US Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, August 2018. million b/d in 2018 and 3.9 Lower wellhead prices in the region are contributing to slower growth in Permian crude oil production in 2019 compared with 2018. million b/d in 2019.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. The European Commission in 2018 set a target for each member country to transmit across its borders at least 15 percent of the electricity produced in its territories.

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