POST-MACONDO PRODUCTION REBOUNDS

摘要

If the forecast recently published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) proves correct, production from the Gulf of Mexico will be back to "pre-Ma-condo" levels sometime in mid-2016. Even as low oil prices continue to put significant pressure on U.S. onshore shale operators, longer-term projects in the deep water GoM are showing little evidence of a slowdown. At least in the near term, the region will see a production surge in 2015, benefiting from exploration programs that were completed over the past several years. According to the EIA, the GoM will continue to see production increases as new fields come online this year and next, boosting total output to more than 1.61 million barrels per day (MMBbl/d) by 2017.