Permian, Bakken drilling rigs spur “record” U.S. oil production forecast on longer laterals
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Oil rigs in the Permian and Bakken basins of the U.S. are producing at the most efficient rates in about 13 years, leading Macquarie Group analysts to predict the country’s crude production will top most consensus views. Rigs in the Midland basin of Texas and New Mexico drilled an average of 47 miles of horizontal lateral