SUGAR LAND--January 21, 2019--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. shale plays may be cooling their jets in 2019. Executives from Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) (Houston, Texas), a top provider of oil and gas exploration services, recently said in an earnings-related conference call that that they expect exploration and production investments "to be flat to down, which means that it's going to be a fairly tough year." They noted that the first quarter--a slow period for the industry by normal standards--is seeing weaker-than-usual activity. Industrial Info is tracking more than $5 billion in Oil & Gas Production Industry kickoffs in the first quarter, more than $3.6 billion of which is attributed to natural gas-processing facilities.

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