InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate US shale ponders the unexpected: what to do with coming cash windfall? By financialnews_rlv83x - January 28, 2021 0 100 A sustained rise in global oil prices has U.S. shale producers pondering something few expected to be considering after last year’s tumble: how to allocate rising cash flows among new production, dividends and stock buybacks.