Major US Shale Producer To Boost Output, And It Suggests One Thing

Major US Shale Producer To Boost Output, And It Suggests One Thing Last month, roughly three weeks into the U.S.-Iran conflict, UBS chief economist Arend Kapteyn told clients that one reason this Middle East energy shock is "not like the 2011-2014 shale boom" is the lack of a comparable response from the U.S. shale patch. In other words, the oil shock was viewed as temporary by major shale players and not worth adding new drilling rigs to the mix. But now, on day 35 of Operation Epic Fury, that assumption about...