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Shale Boom Tested as Sub-$90 Oil Threatens U.S. Drillers: Energy
2014-10-08 12:05:16| Energy - Topix.net
The U.S. shale boom is producing record amounts of new oil as demand weakens, pushing prices down toward levels that threaten to reduce future drilling. Domestic fields will add an unprecedented 1.1 million barrels a day of output this year and another 963,000 in 2015, raising production to the most since 1970, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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