Shale needs more than $50 oil, Saudi cut to boom again
Sheela Tobben and Alix Steel, Bloomberg
Jan. 6, 2021
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Drilling and natural fracking wells in the Haynesville shale in East Texas lead by Exxon Mobile and XO Energy on Tuesday, July 19, 2016.Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer
Don’t count on America’s shale industry to boom once again in response to $50-a-barrel oil and Saudi Arabia’s plan to throttle back its own oil production.
What in previous years might have triggered a knee-jerk reaction by U.S. oil explorers to raise output and grab market share is, this time around, more just an opportunity for them to pay down debt or boost dividends.