The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s recent Drilling Productivity Report indicates a slowdown in oil production growth patterns in three key oil plays in the U.S., including the Bakken, Eagle Ford and Niobrara. The combined plays are down roughly 24,023 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The estimates cover the months of March and April, and include the first projected declines in crude production in these regions since the first issue of DPR appeared in October 2013. The DPR projects the Bakken to be producing 577 bopd in new well oil production per rig in March 2015, and 592 bopd in April 2015, a change of 15 bopd. It also predicted that overall oil production in […]