Here is a link to a short piece from investing.com..... providing one reason ALDW has found that solid base above 20 catdaddyrt mentioned. US producers in the Permian Basin have discovered new efficiency and, as a result, US Shale production continues to rise. and in the final paragraph... OPEC might just rue the day they failed to take a longer term view of the oil industry. USA! USA! http://www.investing.com/analysis/canadian-crude-producers-feel-opec’s-wrath-271860