We no longer have to wait for the collapse of U.S. shale oil production,
it already has begun. Unfortunately, this is bad news for the U.S.
Government and domestic economy. Falling U.S. oil production will put
severe stress on the highly leveraged debt based financial system over the
next several years.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) recent Drilling
Productivity Report, shale oil production from the top fields is forecasted
to decline 116,000 barrels per day in January 2016. Even though
overall U.S. shale oil production is forecasted to be down 12% from its peak
in March 2015, one of the largest fields in Texas is down a whopping 30%:
The Eagle Ford Shale Oil Field in Texas peaked at 1.7 million barrels per
day (mbd) in March 2015 and is forecasted to drop to 1.2 mbd next month (Jan
2016). Again, this is according to the EIA Drilling Productivity
Reports which base their figures on estimates. However, even larger
declines in some of these fields may be experienced when the real data comes
out in the following months.
For the Eagle Ford to be down 30% (500,000+ barrels per day) in
less than a year… THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I have been warning
about the coming collapse of U.S. shale oil production for more than a year
now. The idea that the United States would become energy independent is
now DEAD FOR GOOD.
Here is the chart showing the top four U.S. shale oil field production:
Total U.S. shale oil production in January 2016, is forecasted to be 4.67
mbd, down from the peak of 5.3 mbd in March 2015. This is a decline of
630,000 barrels per day from the peak.
Here are the individual shale oil field data from peak:
Eagle Ford = -510,000 barrels per day
Bakken = -140,000 barrels per day
Niobrara = -142,000 barrels per day
Permian = +144,000 barrels per day
Permian oil production is up compared to the other shale oil fields
because a large percentage of the field consists of conventional oil
wells. Thus, companies in the Permian are still adding conventional
wells which is the reason production continues to increase.
Here is a graph from Jean Laherrere on the peak and decline of North
Dakota (Bakken) oil production:
If U.S. shale oil production has already experienced a 12% decline in
overall production, then the forecast for the Bakken (North Dakota shown
above) will more than likely occur. Which means, overall U.S.
shale oil production could fall 80-90% by 2025. This will be very bad
news for the Fed and U.S. Treasury.
No longer will the U.S. Government be able to buy foreign oil with paper
Dollars or U.S. Treasuries. If we consider collapsing U.S. oil
production and falling oil imports, the U.S. economy will be in a world of
hurt by 2020… and in dire straights by 2025.
This is the very reason why I believe physical gold and silver are the
best assets to own during this time. Why? Because the value of
most paper and physical assets (such as Real Estate) will collapse in value
along with U.S. oil production.
For those who think Solar and Wind power are going to save us… you
can just FORGET IT. I will be putting out an article shortly
why Solar & Wind are DEAD-ENDS and should not be counted on to provide
the world with a large percentage of reliable energy production.
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