by Calculated Risk on 10/19/2018 08:04:00 PM

A few comments from Steven Kopits of Princeton Energy Advisors LLC on October 19, 2018:

• Oil rigs were up this week, +4 to 873

• Horizontal oil rigs were flat at 772
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• Although WTI is down, the Midland price is still near annual highs and well above the Permian breakeven

• We continue to expect a modest recovery in spreads and largely flat rig counts, although the model shows a healthy horizontal oil rig gain next week

• Shale production continues to increase by around 1.5 mbpd / year

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CR note: This graph shows the US horizontal rig count by basin.

Graph and comments Courtesy of Steven Kopits of Princeton Energy Advisors LLC.