NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 05, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,769 active rigs as of October 5, 2012, down -37 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -28 (ht: -9, vt-dir: -19.) and total gas rigs decreased by -9 (ht: -8, vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +9 in Eagle Ford (TX). Horizontal oil rig count decreased by -5 in Permian (TX) and in “Other” region each. Horizontal oil rig count in Eagle Ford (TX) is at 209, the highest in history and is the same as the historical high in Bakken (ND). Permian (TX) lost -16 Vertical/D.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 28, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,845 active rigs as of September 28, 2012, down -11 from a week ago. Oil rigs increased by +8 (ht: +10, vt-dir: -2) and total gas rigs decreased by -19 (ht: -17., vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +7 in “Other” regions and +3 in Anadarko (TX), while going down by -2 in Anadarko (OK). Vertical/directional oil rigs went up by +4 in Permian (TX) and went down -4 in “Other” regions. Horizontal gas rigs went down -5 to 61 and -4 in 28 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Marcellus.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 28, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,806 active rigs as of September 28, 2012, down -17 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -15 (ht: +6, vt-dir: -21.) and total gas rigs decreased by -2 (ht: -9, vt-dir: +7). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +7 and +4 in Permian (NM) and Bakken (ND) to 42 and 201, respectively. Horizontal oil rig count decreased by -4 in Eagle Ford (TX) from its record high last week. Permian (TX) and “Other” both lost -8 Vertical/Directional oil rigs. Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -4 i.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 21, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,856 active rigs as of September 21, 2012, down -5 from a week ago. Oil rigs went down by -11 (ht: +9, vt-dir: -20) and total gas rigs went up by +6 (ht: +7., vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +6 in Permian (TX) and +3 in Bakken (MT), while going down by -2 in Bakken (ND). Vertical/directional oil rigs went down by -12 in Permian (TX) and -6 in Monterey (CA). Horizontal gas rigs went up +5 in “Other” region and went up +3 each in Barnett (TX) and Marcellus ( NE.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 21, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,823 active rigs as of September 21, 2012, down -7 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -1 (ht: -1, vt-dir: unch.) and total gas rigs decreased by -6 (ht: +1, vt-dir: -7). Eagle Ford (TX) recorded its highest horizontal oil rig count this week, (up +9 to 204). Six horizontal oil rigs moved from Anadarko (OK) to Anadarko (TX) ending the week at 110 and 26, respectively. Horizontal oil rigs went down by -5 in “Other” Texas. Horizontal gas rig counts went down by -3 in Eag.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 14, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,861 active rigs as of September 14, 2012, unchanged from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +4 (ht: -2, vt-dir: +6) and total gas rigs went down by -4 (ht: unch., vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -6 in Bakken (ND) and -4 in Permian (NM), while going up by +5 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +1 in Permian (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs went up by +4 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -1 in Barnett (TX), Haynesville (TX), and Marcellus ( NEPA ), while go.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 14, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,830 active rigs as of September 14, 2012, up +27 rig from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +23 (ht: +8, vt-dir: +15) and total gas rigs went up by +4 (ht: -2, vt-dir: +6). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +5 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +4 in Anadarko (OK) and Bakken (ND), while going down by -3 in Anadarko (KS) and -2 in Permian (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +6 in “Other” Texas. Horizontal gas rigs went down by -6 in Eagle Ford (TX), followed by -3 in Granite Wash (.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 07, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,861 active rigs as of September 7, 2012, down -31 from a week ago. Oil rigs went down by -10 (ht: -6, vt-dir: -4) and total gas rigs went down by -21 (ht: -9, vt-dir: -12). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -4 in Anadarko (OK) and -2 in Permian (TX), while going up by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Permian (NM). The largest drop in Vertical/Directional oil rigs took place in Permian (-9), juxtaposed by increases in Anadarko (OK) by +3 rigs and in “other” areas (+7). The larges.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| September 07, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,803 active rigs as of September 7, 2012, down -32 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs were down by -24 (ht: -11, vt-dir: -13) and total gas rigs decreased by -8 (ht: +4, vt-dir: -12). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -6 in Bakken (ND), followed by -4 in Permian (TX) and by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX). They went up in “other” areas driven by gains in Texas (+2) and Louisiana (+2). In terms of vertical/directional rigs, Permian (TX) was down by -7, followed by Monterey (CA) with -6. Horizo.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 31, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,892 active rigs as of August 31, 2012, down -2 from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +11 (ht: +5, vt-dir: +6) and total gas rigs went down by -13 (ht: -15, vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -2 in Monterey (CA) and vertical/directional oil rigs went up by +6 in Eagle Ford (TX), while going down by -5 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -6 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -5 in Granite Wash (TX).