US oil production boom under Obama because regulators under his administration allowed boundary-less limitless multi-pad drilling & fracking. US oil production declined the entire time Bush was in office.
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After the August 2009 regulatory approval under the Obama Administration allowed Multi-Well-Pads "Eco-Pads" to have no setback requirement from property lines, oil companies could drill longer horizontal laterals with each well, stimulating and harvesting reservoir rock that was previously left untouched between wells. “We’ll be drilling fence-to-fence, which has to have a significant effect on each well’s production,” said Mr. Hamm of Confidential. “Everyone benefits — the state, mineral owners and the producer.” Fracking oil shale became much more economically viable with reduced regulations on Multi-Well-Pads.
New efficient drilling allowances drove breakeven rates in the Bakken shale oil play as low as $58 per barrel, according to Wood Mackenzie report, far lower than the traditional $73+ per barrel figure frequently touted by analysts.
The fast adoption of multi-well pad drilling, or the ability to drill several wells from one location, reduced the average cost per well to $7.5 million, allowing companies to make more off each barrel of oil, Wood Mackenzie analyst Jonathan Garret said. "The major driver of (well cost) reduction has to do with the number of wells drilled from pads," Garret said. "You're now drilling 3, 4, 12, even 16 wells from a single pad."
This year, more than 90 percent of wells drilled in the Bakken will be drilled from multi-well pads, Garret said. Multi-well pad drilling is much more efficient & environmentally friendly. Bakken breakeven prices are closely watched by the industry and the development of the massive shale play has outpaced forecasts in recent years. Eco-Pad explosion is the force driving the U.S. oil renaissance.