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Energy production other shoe to drop

Despite the rebound in oil prices this year, domestic energy producers don’t appear to believe in a sustainable recovery judging by the further decline in oil & gas drilling rig activity. Falling investment in the oil & gas industry more generally indicates that production growth will slow before declining outright later this year, unless further gains in oil prices are enough to convince producers otherwise.

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