NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 25, 2013
October 25, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,733 active rigs as of October 18, 2013, unchanged from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 1,357 (ht: -3; vt-dir: -1) and gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 376 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 to 130 in the Permian (TX), while gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 18 in the Eagle Ford (TX), but fell by -2 to 20 in the Marcellus ( SWPA ).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 18, 2013
October 18, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,733 active rigs as of October 18, 2013, lower by -3 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -6 to 1,361 (ht: -12; vt-dir: +6) and gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 372 (ht: +6; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -3 to 86 in the Anadarko (OK) and by -2 to 148 in the Bakken (ND). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +1 to 20 and 22 in the Marcellus (WV and SWPA , respectively) and also increased by +1 to 21 and 18 in the Haynesville (TX and LA, respectivel.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 11, 2013
October 11, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,736 active rigs as of October 11, 2013, lower by -14 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -5 to 1,367 (ht: +14; vt-dir: -19) and gas-directed rigs decreased by -9 to 369 (ht: -7; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 in the Anadarko (TX) to 43 and by +3 to 130 in the Permian (TX), while vertical/directional oil rigs fell by -13 to 215 in states not associated with an active resource play. Gas-directed horizontal rigs sank by -6 to 19 in the Marcellus (WV).....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 04, 2013
REVISED: October 4, 2013
Updates charts on page 4 Baker Hughes shows 1,750 active rigs as of October 4, 2013, higher by +12 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 1,372 (ht: +9; vt-dir: +1) and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 378 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in the Eagle Ford and Permian (TX) to 178 and 127, respectively, and rose by +3 to 37 in the Anadarko (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs were largely unchanged, but several plays posted slight increases, including th.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 04, 2013
October 4, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,750 active rigs as of October 4, 2013, higher by +12 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 1,372 (ht: +9; vt-dir: +1) and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 378 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in the Eagle Ford and Permian (TX) to 178 and 127, respectively, and rose by +3 to 37 in the Anadarko (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs were largely unchanged, but several plays posted increases of +1, including the Haynesville (LA & TX), Mar.....
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.....