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U.S. Shale Turns From Drilling Faster to Recovering More Oil
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The US shale industry is shifting its focus from increasing drilling efficiency to improving oil recovery rates, which are significantly lower than those of conventional wells.
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It has been an eventful year for U.S. shale oil and gas. Low prices—at least in oil—a double down on capital discipline, and drilling efficiency gains that pushed the U.S. total to a record high again were the hallmarks of 2025. The next frontier? Recovery rates. Recovery rates for shale oil wells are much lower than the rates for conventional wells. The average is around and below 10%, compared with 30% to 35% for conventional wells. Given the prominence of shale basins in the United States’ total oil production, it was…
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