Smitherman: Texas Could Break Oil Record by 2020

Smitherman: Texas Could Break Oil Record by 2020

Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman said Friday the shale revolution could drive the state’s oil production to record levels before the end of the decade. Oil production in Texas is now close to 2 million barrels a day. And Smitherman, speaking at the IHS CERAweek energy conference in Houston,…

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