What I think the article did a poor job of highlighting was they were talking mostly about losses from shutdowns in shale-oil wells. They don't talk about conve

What I think the article did a poor job of highlighting was they were talking mostly about losses from shutdowns in shale-oil wells. They don't talk about conventional surface wells, only offshore and even then they mention a minimal loss - which does not preclude gains from well settling time that you bring up.