NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| April 13, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,892 active rigs as of April 13, 2012, down -1 rig from a week ago. Oil rigs went down by -1 (ht: -4, vt-dir: +3) and total gas rigs were unchanged (ht: +2, vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +8 in Eagle Ford (TX), followed by +2 in Permian (TX), while falling by -4 in Bakken (ND) and -3 in Anadarko (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went up by +5 in Barnett (TX), followed by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX), while falling by -3 in Haynesville (LA) and -3 in Marcellus ( NEPA ).
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| April 09, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,893 active rigs as of April 6, 2012, down -9 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +18 (ht: +8, vt-dir: +10) and total gas rigs fell by -27 (ht: -20, vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), followed by +3 in Anadarko (OK) and +3 in Anadarko (TX), while falling by -4 in Bakken (ND) and -2 in Barnett Combo (TX) and -2 in Monterey (CA). Vertical/directional oil rigs went down by -4 in Monterey (CA), and went up by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +2 in Perm.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| April 05, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,976 active rigs as of April 5, 2012, unchanged from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +11 (ht: -2, vt-dir: +13) and total gas rigs went down by -11 (ht: -13, vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -3 in Anadarko (OK), followed by -2 in Bakken (ND), while going up by +2 in Anadarko (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +3 in Anadarko (OK) and +3 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -4 in Barnett (TX) and Marcellus (WV) and by -2 in Eagle Ford (TX.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 30, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,976 active rigs as of March 30, 2012, up +11 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +5 (ht: +1, vt-dir: +4) and total gas rigs went up by +6 (ht: +5, vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -5 in Eagle Ford (TX), followed by -3 in Anadarko (OK), while going up by +2 in Bakken (MT) and Permian (TX). Gas rigs did not have any significant moves on a regional basis.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| March 30, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,902 active rigs as of March 30, 2012, up +1 rig from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +14 (ht: +17, vt-dir: -3) and total gas rigs fell by -13 (ht: -13, vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs went up by another +6 in Bakken (ND), followed by +2 in Anadarko (KS) and +2 in Monterey (CA), while vt-dir oil rigs fell by -4 in Monterey (CA). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -3 in Barnett (TX), Granite Wash (OK) and Woodford (Anadarko). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -2 in Eagle Ford (T.....
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.....