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Collapse Of U.S. Shale Oil Production Has Begun


 -- Published: Wednesday, 9 December 2015 | Print  | Disqus 

By Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report

We no longer have to wait for the collapse of U.S. shale oil production, it already has begun.  Unfortunately, this is bad news for the U.S. Government and domestic economy.  Falling U.S. oil production will put severe stress on the highly leveraged debt based financial system over the next several years.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) recent Drilling Productivity Report, shale oil production from the top fields is forecasted to decline 116,000 barrels per day in January 2016.  Even though overall U.S. shale oil production is forecasted to be down 12% from its peak in March 2015, one of the largest fields in Texas is down a whopping 30%:

Texas-Eagle-Ford-Shale-Oil-Production

The Eagle Ford Shale Oil Field in Texas peaked at 1.7 million barrels per day (mbd) in March 2015 and is forecasted to drop to 1.2 mbd next month (Jan 2016).  Again, this is according to the EIA Drilling Productivity Reports which base their figures on estimates.  However, even larger declines in some of these fields may be experienced when the real data comes out in the following months.

For the Eagle Ford to be down 30% (500,000+ barrels per day) in less than a year… THIS IS A BIG DEAL.  I have been warning about the coming collapse of U.S. shale oil production for more than a year now.  The idea that the United States would become energy independent is now DEAD FOR GOOD.

Here is the chart showing the top four U.S. shale oil field production:

Top-US-Shale-Oil-Fields-Production-JAN-2016

Total U.S. shale oil production in January 2016, is forecasted to be 4.67 mbd, down from the peak of 5.3 mbd in March 2015.  This is a decline of 630,000 barrels per day from the peak.

Here are the individual shale oil field data from peak:

Eagle Ford = -510,000  barrels per day

Bakken = -140,000 barrels per day

Niobrara = -142,000 barrels per day

Permian = +144,000 barrels per day

Permian oil production is up compared to the other shale oil fields because a large percentage of the field consists of conventional oil wells.  Thus, companies in the Permian are still adding conventional wells which is the reason production continues to increase.

Here is a graph from Jean Laherrere on the peak and decline of North Dakota (Bakken) oil production:

Jean-Bakken-Aug-2015

If U.S. shale oil production has already experienced a 12% decline in overall production, then the forecast for the Bakken (North Dakota shown above) will more than likely occur.  Which means, overall U.S. shale oil production could fall 80-90% by 2025.  This will be very bad news for the Fed and U.S. Treasury.

No longer will the U.S. Government be able to buy foreign oil with paper Dollars or U.S. Treasuries.  If we consider collapsing U.S. oil production and falling oil imports, the U.S. economy will be in a world of hurt by 2020… and in dire straights by 2025.

This is the very reason why I believe physical gold and silver are the best assets to own during this time.  Why?  Because the value of most paper and physical assets (such as Real Estate) will collapse in value along with U.S. oil production.

For those who think Solar and Wind power are going to save us… you can just FORGET IT.  I will be putting out an article shortly why Solar & Wind are DEAD-ENDS and should not be counted on to provide the world with a large percentage of reliable energy production.

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