Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews. U.S. crude oil production has overwhelmingly exceeded earlier forecasts and has grown at a much faster pace this year. The U.S. is ...

With production stalling and oil prices dropping, operators could focus on recovery rates and inventory, analysts say

Argentina has overtaken Colombia as South America's fourth-largest oil producer, driven by rapid shale development in the Vaca Muerta and led by state-controlled YPF.

In a surprise development, Argentina’s unconventional oil production hit a new all-time high for September 2025. This occurred despite overall monthly production falling marginally when compared to the prior period and shale gas output plummeting to a ...

In this article, I start by explaining why I believe that peak shale production growth in the US is an underestimated long-term issue, providing oil with a massive tailwind. Energy investors need to be picky as challenges persist. A focus on high-quality ...

Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry. Chief Energy Advisor Hochstein blamed big institutional investors for stalling shale growth. Workforce constraints and rising costs continue to plague ...

The Vaca Muerta shale play in southern Argentina continues delivering strong production growth. In a mere decade, shale oil and gas production have regularly soared to all-time highs, boosting Argentina’s hydrocarbon output to new records. Even waning ...

The accelerated production of shale wells leaves them uniquely positioned to take advantage of the peaks and plateaus in oil prices. Since the early days of shale oil and gas production, some analysts have expressed alarm about the rapid decline that those ...

Shale oil production in the US and Canada added one million barrels to domestic production over the last year. Current activity may bring North American shale oil supply from 3.5 million to 8 million barrels per day before 2020 (see OGFJ, May 2013).

Sadly, right now the U.S. shale industry is drowning in blood and tears, not so much sweat, as low prices cause spending to plummet. We have been here before, except not really. In 2015, the oil price dropped from $105/barrel to $56/barrel, causing a wave ...