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“The long-term consequences of this war were not fully considered,” an executive from an oilfield services firm was quoted as saying. “The disruption this will cause to energy markets and other macroeconomic measures will be significant. The unpredictable nature of the current administration makes business modelling near impossible.” Dallas Fed Survey
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Half of Every Tight Oil Barrel Produced In the U.S. Is Exported
Delaware Basin HZ well productivity based on BO per perforated foot declined 9% in one year in 2025, the biggest drop, ever. In the Texas part of the Delaware it was even worse; Eddy County is propping the big picture up for the moment...Lea County is already rolled over. Some degradation factors between parent and child wells in Lea County, from over drilling on too close a spacing, has already reached 40%.
Pressure depletion is well underway.
When C+C production begins to decline in the New Mexico part of the Permian HZ tight oil play that will be all she wrote for
United States growth in oil production.
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