NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| December 14, 2012
December 14, 2012
STATS shows 1,705 active rigs as of December 14, 2012, down -26 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -24 (ht: -29, vt-dir: +5.) and total gas rigs decreased by -2 (ht: unch, vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -12 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -7 in Permian (NM). On the gas side, horizontal rigs in Eagle Ford (TX) dropped by -4. Vertical/Directional oil rigs increased by +3 in Bakken (ND) and Permian (TX) while Marcellus ( SWPA ) vertical/directional gas rigs dropped by -3. Bak.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| December 07, 2012
December 7, 2012
STATS shows 1,731 active rigs as of December 7, 2012, up +8 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs increased by +17 (ht: +21, vt-dir: -4.) and total gas rigs decreased by -9 (ht: unch, vt-dir: -9). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +7 in Eagle Ford (TX). Vertical/Directional rigs decreased by -8 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX). Baker Hughes shows 1,799 active rigs as of December 7, 2012, down -11 from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -4 (ht: unch, vt-dir: -.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| November 30, 2012
November 30, 2012
STATS shows 1,723 active rigs as of November 30, 2012, down -14 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -23 (ht: -2, vt-dir: -21.) and total gas rigs increased by +9 (ht: -2, vt-dir: +11). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 in Permian (NM). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -10 in Permian (NM) but increased by +9 in Permian(TX). Baker Hughes shows 1,810 active rigs as of November 30, 2012, down -6 from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -2 (ht: -4, vt-dir: +2) and total gas ri.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| November 21, 2012
November 21, 2012
LCMC Research launched a combined rig report two weeks ago. This report (US_RigWatch_combined_20121121.pdf) contains both STATS and Baker Hughes data, comparing and contrasting the activity posted by the two sources. Reports and data files generated in the old format will continue to be attached to this report. STATS shows 1,737 active rigs as of November 21, 2012, up +5 rig from a week ago. Oil rigs increased by +4 (ht: +5, vt-dir: -1.) and total gas rigs increased by +1 (ht: +3, vt-dir.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| November 16, 2012
November 16, 2012
LCMC Research launched a combined rig report last week. This report (US_RigWatch_combined_20121116.pdf) contains both STATS and Baker Hughes data, comparing and contrasting the activity posted by the two sources. Reports and data files generated in the old format will continue to be attached to this report. STATS shows 1,732 active rigs as of November 16, 2012, up +1 rig from a week ago. Oil rigs increased by +15 (ht: +3, vt-dir: +12.) and total gas rigs decreased by -14 (ht: -9, vt-dir:.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| November 09, 2012
November 9, 2012
Starting this week, LCMC Research will publish a single rig report (US_RigWatch_combined_20121109.pdf). This report contains both STATS and Baker Hughes data, comparing and contrasting the activity posted by the two sources. Reports and data files generated in the old format will continue to be attached to this report. STATS shows 1,731 active rigs as of November 9, 2012, down -15 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -4 (ht: -8, vt-dir: +4.) and total gas rigs decreased by -11 (h.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| November 02, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,797 active rigs as of November 2, 2012, down -27 from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -35 (ht: -8, vt-dir: -27) and total gas rigs increased by +8 (ht: +8., vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -5 in Bakken (ND). Vertical/Directional oil rigs decreased by -6 in Permian (TX), -5 in Texas outside established shale plays and -4 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -4 in Eagle Ford (TX) and -2 in Marcellus ( NEPA ). Horizontal gas rigs increased by.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| November 02, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,746 active rigs as of November 2, 2012, down -17 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -11 (ht: -8, vt-dir: -3.) and total gas rigs decreased by -6 (ht: +1, vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 in Eagle Ford (TX), and by -4 in Oklahoma area outside of Anadarko. Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 to 30 in Anadarko (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs decreased by -3 nationwide. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +3 to 51 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +2 to 26 in Marcel.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 26, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
Irion County, TX has been moved from “Other – Texas” to “Permian (TX)” within oil rig groupings. Historical values in the attached .xlsx file have been updated to reflect that change. STATS shows 1,763 active rigs as of October 26, 2012, down -21 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -36 (ht: -26, vt-dir: -10.) and total gas rigs increased by +15 (ht: +13, vt-dir: +2). STATS horizontal gas drilling activity differs sharply from this week’s Baker Hughes data which indicated a decreas.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 26, 2012
Baker Hughes
Irion County, TX has been moved from “Other – Texas” to “Permian (TX)” within oil rig groupings. Historical values in the attached .xlsx file have been updated to reflect that change. Baker Hughes shows 1,824 active rigs as of October 26, 2012, down -13 from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -2 (ht: +3, vt-dir: -5) and total gas rigs decreased by -11 (ht: -12., vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs in the Anadarko basin across three states (TX, OK, KS) increased by a total of +5 this week, with.....