Monday, August 13, 2012

Shale Oil Well Productivity (FT Alphaville)


Shale oil everywhere… for a while

Montana Bakken shale output - Bernstein Research
The US is going to be free from the tyranny of imported crude oil soon, according to just about everyone. This is thanks to the wonders of shale gas extraction technologies being applied to sizeable and mostly untapped shale oil reserves. Previously marginal resources can now be economically extracted. Even the Europeans are getting excited about it. It’s a game changer.
You can probably guess what’s coming next…
Bernstein Research’s Bob Brackett (H/T Steve Levine) has an interesting note which examines the performance of shale oil wells in the Bakken formation. While the formation is in both Montana and North Dakota, Brackett narrowed his analysis to those in the former state.
There are high hopes for future output of the Bakken shale, which is why the graph provided is disconcerting.

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