Wil VanLoh, head of private equity group Quantum Energy Partners: “there’s no bailout coming”, U.S. producers cannot pump a lot more. U.S. shale executives aren’t expecting major production increases in 2023. Well output in the U.S’ largest shale basins is falling. The threat of power rationing across Europe persists even after EU officials held an emergency meeting last week to starve off the impending winter energy crisis. EU countries have increasingly relied on US energy imports, though shale bosses warned the ability to boost oil and gas supplies would be challenging. “It’s not like the US can pump a bunch more. Our production is what it is,” Wil VanLoh, head of private equity group Quantum Energy Partners, one of the shale’s most prominent investors, told Financial Times . “There’s no bailout coming,” VanLoh added. “Not on the oil side, not on the gas side. Europe can thank the Democrats […]