Insight
US Lower 48 oil supply questions, answered
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Report summary
A crucial part of the shift from massive oversupply to balance in the market rests on the response in the US Lower 48 to low prices. Along with the OPEC+ production cuts, the sharp fall in US onshore production in tight oil areas is helping tighten the supply and demand balance. Since the release of the Macro Oils short-term outlook for May early this month, we have had questions from clients on the trends in the Lower 48. In this Insight, we gathered these questions and present them in a Q&A format that addresses the changing state of oil supply from the US Lower 48. Topics include: -Production decline – what is driving it? -Shut-ins –how long will they last? -Recovery – what conditions are needed to reverse the decline -Outlook for 2021 –assumptions for investment and production
Table of contents
- 1. How much will production fall and what’s driving that decline?
- 2. How much will be shut-in and how long will shut-ins last?
- 3. What about 2021? Will we see investment increase? Will production continue to decline?
- 4. What conditions are needed to see a recovery?
- 5. Will Lower 48 oil grow again?
Tables and charts
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Lower 48 crude and condensate, cumulative decline relative to March 2020US Lower 48 onshore crude and condensate production
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