OPINION: US shale output looks set for a morale-boosting bounce during the next six months after a difficult end to 2018.
A host of operators have set new targets for this year, raising hopes of double-digit production growth.
Optimism has been in shorter supply in recent times as pipeline logjams, financing blips and lower crude prices depressed sentiment.
The last quarter of 2018 was particularly tough with evidence of a major slowdown in exploration, employment and rig use.
