U.S. Oil Production Has Already Passed Its Peak, Occidental Says
- Lost output due to Covid-19 too hard to claw back, CEO says
- Oil demand seen growing in long term, but only after a vaccine
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America’s oil production will never again reach the record 13 million barrels a day set earlier this year, just before the pandemic devastated global demand, according to Occidental Petroleum Corp.
“It’s just going to be too difficult to replace the 2 million barrels a day of production that we’ve lost, and then to further grow beyond that,” Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub said Wednesday at the Energy Intelligence Forum. “Over the next three to four years there’s going to be moderate restoration of production, but not at high growth.”