InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate US shale producers to tap brakes in 2020 after years of rapid growth By financialnews_rlv83x - January 2, 2020 0 114 Vastly slower U.S. oil growth this year and the prospect of a plateau for the world’s top oil producer have signaled a new and unfamiliar era of self-restraint for the go-go shale industry.