EIA: Oil output from major US shale to fall 86,000 b/d in June

Crude oil production in June from seven major US shale plays is expected to decrease 86,000 b/d compared with May to 5.6 million b/d, about even with where the total stood in March, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR).

OGJ editors

May 12, 2015

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The DPR focuses on the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Marcellus, Niobrara, Permian, and Utica, which altogether accounted for 95% of US oil production increases and all US natural gas production increases during 2011-13.

The total June decline represents a 47,000-b/d loss in the Eagle Ford to 1.6 million b/d, a 31,000-b/d loss in the Bakken to 1.3 million b/d, and a 16,000-b/d loss in the Niobrara to 411,000 b/d.

The Permian has maintained production growth over the past few months, albeit at a shrinking rate. Output from the basin in June is expected to increase 7,000 b/d—a third of total growth for April—to 2.1 million b/d.

New-well oil production/rig will continue to rise across the board in June, with the Permian up 26 b/d to 296 b/d, Bakken up 21 b/d to 631 b/d, Eagle Ford up 20 b/d to 720 b/d, and Niobrara up 17 b/d to 497 b/d.

US natural gas production, meanwhile, is expected to drop 112 MMcfd in June to 46.2 bcfd, comprising an 81-MMcfd loss in the Eagle Ford to 7.4 bcfd, a 65-MMcfd loss in the Niobrara to 4.6 bcfd, a 30-MMcfd loss in the Bakken to 1.5 bcfd, and a 6-MMcfd loss in the Permian to 6.4 bcfd. Output from the Utica and Marcellus, however, will respectively rise 49 MMcfd and 21 MMcfd to 2.5 bcfd and 16.7 bcfd.