NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 27, 2013
September 27, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,738 active rigs as of September 27, 2013, lower by -17 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -7 to 1,362 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -5) and gas-directed rigs fell by -10 to 376 (ht: -4; vt-dir: -6). Horizontal oil rigs retreated by -2 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and the Permian (TX) to 176 and 125, respectively, but increased by +3 to 89 in the Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 in the Marcellus (WV) to 25 and by -2 to 18 in the Barnett (TX).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 20, 2013
September 20, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,755 active rigs as of September 20, 2013, lower by -7 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +8 to 1,369 (ht: +23; vt-dir: -15) while gas-directed rigs fell by -15 to 386 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +10 in the Eagle Ford (TX) to 178 and by +7 in the Permian (TX) to 127, but fell by -3 to 35 in the Anadarko (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 18 in the Marcellus ( SWPA ) and by -4 to 19 in the Eagle Ford (TX).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 13, 2013
September 13, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,762 active rigs as of September 13, 2013, higher by +3 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 1,361 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs increased by +7 to 401 (ht: +3; vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 in the Eagle Ford (TX) to 168 and by +4 in the Permian (TX) to 120, but fell by -3 to 85 in the Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 in the Marcellus ( NEPA ) and the Eagle Ford (TX) to 21 and 23, respectively.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 06, 2013
September 6, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,759 active rigs as of September 6, 2013, lower by -9 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -23 to 1,365 (ht: -13; vt-dir: -10) while gas-directed rigs increased by +14 to 394 (ht: +10; vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -4 in the Permian (NM) to 50 and by -3 in the Anadarko (TX) to 38. Gas-directed horizontal rigs posted modest increases across numerous basins, with the only decrease in the Marcellus ( SWPA ), where rigs declined by -2 to 19.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 30, 2013
August 30, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,768 active rigs as of August 30, 2013, lower by -1 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +6 to 1,388 (ht: +10; vt-dir: -4) while gas-directed rigs fell by -7 to 380 (ht: -8; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in both the Anadarko (TX) and the Eagle Ford (TX) to 41 and 161, respectively. Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -9 to 6 in the Granite Wash (TX) after a jump of +6 last week. At the same time, oil-directed rigs in the Granite Wash (TX) foo.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 23, 2013
August 23, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,769 active rigs as of August 23, 2013, lower by -16 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -15 to 1,382 (ht: unch.; vt-dir: -15) and gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 387 (ht: -2; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +9 to 158 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +4 to 116 in Permian (TX), and by +5 to 92 in Anadarko (OK), while dropping by -10 to 190 in areas currently not associated with a specific play. Out of those 10 horizontal rigs, 8 were located in TX and OK, su.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 16, 2013
August 16, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,785 active rigs as of August 16, 2013, higher by +14 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +12 to 1,397 (ht: +12; vt-dir: unch) while gas-directed rigs were up by +2 to 388 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs in areas currently not associated with an established play jumped by +10, led by a +7 rig increase in OK. Number of horizontal oil rigs also increased by +3 in Permian (TX), but fell down by -3 and -2 in Anadarko (OK) and Permian (NM), respectively. As f.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 09, 2013
August 9, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,771 active rigs as of August 9, 2013, lower by -5 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -3 to 1,385 (ht: -12; vt-dir: +9) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -2 to 386 (ht: +4; vt-dir: -6). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -7 to 149 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and by -6 to 90 in the Anadarko (OK). Vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +6 to 241 in Permian (TX) and by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX). Horizontal gas rigs fell by -4 to 10 in Granite Wash (TX) but increased by +3 to .....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,770 active rigs as of July 26, 2013, higher by +6 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +6 to 1,401 (ht: +6; vt-dir: unchanged) and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 369 (ht: +3; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 to 97 in the Anadarko (OK) but fell by -7 to 162 in the Eagle Ford (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 16 in the Eagle Ford (TX) but fell by -4 to 18 in the Granite Wash (TX).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 19, 2013
July 19, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,764 active rigs as of July 19, 2013, higher by +11 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +4 to 1,395 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +5) and gas-directed rigs increased by +7 to 369 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +6). Vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +3 to 45 in the Eagle Ford (TX) while horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 to 105 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed vertical/directional rigs increased by +4 to 31 in parts of Louisiana not currently identified with a resource play, making .....