US Permian Oil Production Forecast to Hit Record in November: EIA

US Permian Oil Production Forecast to Hit Record in November: EIA
Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2018. Nick Oxford/Reuters
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NEW YORK—Oil output in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, is forecast to rise by about 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a record 5.453 million bpd in November, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its productivity report on Monday.

U.S. crude oil output in major U.S. shale basins is due to rise by about 104,000 bpd to 9.105 million bpd in November, its highest since March 2020, the EIA projected.