FT.com - Shale boss says US has passed peak oil
America's energy dominance could be coming to an end as the country's shale industry is experiencing steep production declines. Rarely do we hear President Trump these days touting shale jobs and production output, mostly because the industry has entered a bust cycle.
Matt Gallagher, CEO of Parsley Energy, a top 20 producer in Texas, spoke recently with the Financial Times and said crude output of 12 or 13 million barrels per day is over:
"I don't think I'll see 13m [barrels a day] again in my lifetime.
"It is really dejecting, because drilling our first well in 2009 we saw the wave of energy independence at our fingertips for the US, and it was very rewarding . . . to be a part of it," Gallagher,37, said.
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Since shale production is in a steep decline, it is perhaps fortuitous that many thousands of commercial aircraft are no longer flying. Otherwise the price of oil might be headed north of $200 per barrel....
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