US Crude Output Set to Tap Record in 2023 Amid Rising Rigs
This note from Bloomberg may be of interest. Here it is in full
Eoin Treacy's view -U.S. crude oil production in 2023 is forecast at 12.34m b/d, an all-time high and revised up slightly from 12.31m b/d projected in November, EIA says in monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook
2022 output estimated at 11.87m b/d vs 11.83m b/d
Output to grow annually in 2023 at an average rate of 470k b/d vs prior forecast of 480k b/d
See here the forecast for US fuel demand in 2023:
Gasoline demand revised up to 8.77m b/d from 8.75m previous forecast
Distillate consumption seen at 3.94m b/d from 3.93m
Jet fuel use estimated at 1.64m b/d from 1.57mEIA sees contraction in US economic activity in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023, though will be shorter and milder than previously forecast
The go-go days of limitless spending on securing leases and active drilling are receding into the distant past. The peak in the horizontal rig count was in 2014 at almost 1400. Since then the focus of investors and companies has turned towards sustainable profitability. Concurrently many institutional investors now also have to worry much more about environmental sustainability.
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