About 15% of US crude output remains offline after freeze-offs: S&P Global Platts

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Houston—Much of US oil production has rebounded from the severe winter weather that struck much of the country starting the week of Feb. 14, including large domestic oil plays in Texas and Oklahoma, although an estimated 15% of all crude output still remains offline. That means 3.4 million b/d has been restored of an estimated 4 million b/d that was shut in at peak early last week, said Parker Fawcett, North American supply analyst for S&P Global Platts Analytics. The shut-ins included a large chunk of the country’s largest oil play, the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico, which currently produces about 4.3 million b/d.