Economics
Shale Drillers Digging Themselves a Hole as Oil Breaches $45
- WTI tumbles to its lowest level in five weeks as glut persists
- Double-digit output plans ‘tenuous at best’ with price dip
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U.S. shale is coming perilously close to puncturing its own rally.
Just months after predicting double-digit production increases, largely based on crude prices sitting between $55 and $60 a barrel, drillers are suddenly contemplating the possibility of retrenchment as a stubborn global supply glut pushes prices below $45.