No bust yet
Author: Drexel Henderson
Date: 01-23-2015 - 20:49
Kinder Morgan just made a big bet on the Bakken by buying Hiland Partners LP for $3 billion. KM is a smart company and they make deals like this on a whim.
The biggest job losses are in the oil service industry. However that doesn't mean production will go down in the short term (one year). Continental Resources is INCREASING production 18% in the Bakken this year. How will they do that? By taking rigs out of lower production oil field area's in the Bakken and move them into high production area's. Also they will increase the amount of frac sand used per drilling operation.
Same with the Permian Basin. Operators will concentrate on "stacked" or overlapping oil shale area's to maxamize production. Only one company in the Permian Basin plans on decreasing production this year.
DH