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U.S. crude output soared to new heights in April, highlighting OPECs dilemma just days before the producer group meets amid growing geopolitical threats.
A government report on Friday showed U.S. production grew 2.1 per cent in April to 12.16 million barrels a day. Booming shale production from places like the Permian basin of West Texas have enabled U.S. oil output to overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia.
At the same time, trade disputes and escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf have clouded the outlook for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is expected to extend current output cuts next week.
It really means that OPEC has to make a decision to balance the market or shale will do it for them, said Jim Lucier, managing director of Washington, DC-based Capital Alpha Partners LLC. Despite all the talk about Wall Street forcing capital discipline, were not seeing any diminishing production yet.
Crude output from the Permian is expected to jump 50 per cent by 2025, according to BloombergNEF. ESAI Energy forecasts crude and condensate from the Bakken, another prolific play, will surpass record output into next year.
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