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Texas regulator unlikely to succeed where OPEC failed

Next week, the Texas Railroad Commission could mandate measures to curb oil production in Texas for the first time since the 1970s. However, even if they do decide to curtail output, we think that the impact on oil prices will be minimal, in part because production is expected to come offline anyway.

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