NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 23, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,901 active rigs as of March 23, 2012, up +3 rigs from a week ago. Total oil rigs were unchanged week on week (ht: +1, vt-dir: -1) and total gas rigs went up by +3 (ht: +6, vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +5 in Bakken (ND), while falling by -7 in Eagle Ford (TX). Permian (NM) gained another +5 vt-dir oil rigs. Horizontal gas rigs went up by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), likely due to reclassification. In Granite Wash (TX) horizontal gas rigs went up by +4 and in Granite Was.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 23, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,965 active rigs as of March 23, 2012, down -15 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went down by -4 (ht: +1, vt-dir: -5) and total gas rigs fell by -11 (ht: -7, vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +6 in Permian (NM), followed by +4 in Anadarko (TX), while falling by -5 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -2 in Granite Wash (TX) and by -2 in Marcellus ( NEPA ).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 16, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,980 active rigs as of March 16, 2012, up +14 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +21 (ht: +21, vt-dir: unch) and total gas rigs fell by -7 (ht: -4, vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +7 in Anadarko (OK), followed by +3 in Permian (NM) and +2 in Anadarko (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -8 in Haynesville (LA), while going up by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +2 in Barnett (TX) and Woodford (Anadarko).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 16, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,898 active rigs as of March 16, 2012, down -5 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +20 (ht: +15, vt-dir: +5) and total gas rigs fell by -25 (ht: -16, vt-dir: -9). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +4 in Bakken (ND), followed by +3 in Anadarko (TX), while Permian (NM) added +4 vt-dir oil rigs. Horizontal gas rigs went down by -8 in Marcellus ( SWPA ) and by -7 in Haynesville (LA), while they went up by +3 in Marcellus (WV) and by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 09, 2012
Baker Hughes - NEW REPORT!
Dear clients, We are delighted to introduce our new report “U.S. Rig Watch – Baker Hughes.” This new report contains oil and gas rigs broken by type (horizontal and vertical/directional), by target (oil and gas), and by formation/state in an easy-to-follow layout. It has the identical template as its sister publication “U.S. Rig Watch – Schlumberger (Smith) STATS” to allow a direct comparison between the two sources. U.S. Rig Watch – Baker Hughes will be published Fridays shortly after sou.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 09, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
PLEASE NOTE : Starting today, LCMC will also publish a rig report based on Baker Hughes data. The new report will have the identical breakdown as the Schlumberger (Smith) STATS to allow a direct comparison between the two data sets. U.S. Rig Watch – Baker Hughes will be published Fridays shortly after source data becomes available. STATS shows 1,903 active rigs as of March 9, 2012, up +30 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +32 (ht: +10, vt-dir: +22) and total gas rigs fell b.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 02, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs
STATS shows 1,873 active rigs as of March 2, 2012, up +17 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +34 (ht: +24, vt-dir: +10) and total gas rigs fell by -17 (ht: -20, vt-dir: +3). Eagle Ford (TX) horizontal oil rigs went up by +9, while Monterey (CA) vertical/directional oil rigs went up by 5 and Permian (TX) vertical/directional oil rigs went up by +4. Marcellus ( NEPA ) lost the most horizontal gas rigs at -7, followed by Haynesville (LA) and Marcellus (WV) where horizontal gas rigs fell b.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| February 24, 2012
February 24, 2012
STATS shows 1,856 active rigs as of February 24, 2012, up +7 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +11 (ht: +10, vt-dir: +1) and total gas rigs fell by -4 (ht: +1, vt-dir: -5). Eagle Ford (TX) gained 11 horizontal oil rigs and Anadarko (OK) gained another 3 horizontal oil rigs. Marcellus (WV) regained 5 horizontal gas rigs and Haynesville lost another 5 horizontal gas rigs.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| February 17, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs
STATS shows 1,849 active rigs as of February 17, 2012, up +6 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +45 (ht: +25, vt-dir: +20) and total gas rigs fell by -39 (ht: -25, vt-dir: -14). Anadarko (OK) and Permian (TX) each gained 5 horizontal oil rigs and Monterey (CA) gained 7 vertical/directional oil rigs. Marcellus (WV) lost 7 horizontal gas rigs and Haynesville (LA) lost another 4 horizontal gas rigs. Marcellus ( SWPA ) also lost 4 vertical/directional gas rigs.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| February 10, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs
STATS shows 1,843 active rigs as of February 10, 2012, up +3 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +26 (ht: +23, vt-dir: +3) and total gas rigs fell by -23 (ht: -12, vt-dir: -11). Eagle Ford horizontal gas rigs fell by -4 and horizontal oil rigs went up by +3 likely due to reclassification. Horizontal oil rigs in the Anadarko play went up by +12 as horizontal gas rigs in the Granite Wash play fell by -9. The Texas Permian play also saw an increase of +5 vertical/directional oil rigs, whi.....