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.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 19, 2012

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes shows 1,837 active rigs as of October 19, 2012, up +4 from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -1 (ht: +6, vt-dir: -7) and total gas rigs increased by +5 (ht: -3., vt-dir: +8). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Permian (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs increased by+2 in Bakken (ND) and decreased by -7 in “other” region. Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -4 in Eagle Ford (TX). Vertical/Directional gas rigs increased by +6 in “Other” region.