The agency now predicts US oil production will fall from an average of 9.4 million barrels per day in 2015 to 8.8 million bpd this year.
In August, the EIA forecast that output would decrease this year to 8.7 million bpd.
For 2017, the agency now expects output to hit 8.5 million bpd, revised from August's forecast of 8.3 million bpd.
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