The U.S. oil boom is slowing down as drillers cut back in response to lower crude prices, according to new data set to be released on Wednesday. Companies drilled 28% fewer oil wells in January across the continental U.S. than they did last June, before oil prices started falling from more than $100 a barrel to about $50 today, according to the study by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. But the amount of new crude they can pump from wells drilled in January totals an estimated 515,000 barrels a day, only 8.5% less than from the wells drilled in June, according to data provided for the study by DrillingInfo, an analytics firm. Energy mavens around the world are […]