Today's oil price of $32.91 prompts a look at the all-in cost of production for operators in the top shale plays. In the Permian Basin, we've dived in to take a look at some of the top operators and their cost of operation.
Long-term debt can have just as much of an impact as LOE for determining the cost of production, as this chart shows. Below we evaluated pure play permian players using our new Company Performance Monitor.

Source : Shale Experts Company Performance Monitor
Source : Shale Experts Company Performance Monitor
Production Mix: (Q3-2015)
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