Oil price is the metric to follow
Posted on: March 9, 2021 at 17:50:14 CT
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It was about $62/barrel (and volatile) before covid hit and it's $66 today. During the demand bust companies both curtailed production and essentially stopped drilling. Given that so much of the US production is from unconventionals wells which deplete rapidly, if there no drilling it will take a while to ramp production back up when prices are more stable (because the wells need to be drilled and put online). You will see prices rise until early-mid summer when drilling and production will again outpace demand and prices will drop back off.
Edited by KC rules at 18:01:06 on 03/09/21