What Capital Discipline?
US rig count is actually higher than expected
In the years following the financial crisis, the diffusion of innovations in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of shale formations unlocked billions of barrels of previously inaccessible oil deposits to commercial exploitation. What followed was a classic investment cycle: over-investment and over-expansion of capacity quickly led to a price …
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