energy and fields Death of Shale Postponed… Again 20 août 2020 Alain Préat by D. Middleton, August 19, 2020 in WUWT … … While overall production will decline this year due to the drop in drilling activity, almost all of the curtailed production is expected to be back online by September. Figure 1. US onshore curtailed oil production. Society of Petroleum Engineers And it appears that the shut-ins did not adversely affect production rates. …