US oil production will increase this year and next despite the 60 per cent slide in oil prices since mid-June and an Opec policy designed to rein in the North American shale boom.
The forecast, by the US government, came as a leading Opec producer said that the cartel was sticking to its strategy of keeping output steady and testing the mettle of high-cost producers around the world.
The US Energy Department said that US output would rise by 600,000 barrels a day this year to 9.3m b/d, and by 200,000 b/d to 9.5m b/d in 2016.
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