North American Rig Counts and Drilling Activity
(updated February 2019)
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Most Recent US Drilling Activity Map

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This
link takes you to an interactive 3D version of the USA oil and
gas drilling activity, heat map shown to the left. The base
map is a US elevation map. In the interest of impoving
your understanding of US shale development activity, our cutting
edge web technology allows the 3D map to be rotated, zoomed and
roamed at will. Also, in the interest of improving visitor
understanding of the US shale industry, we have imbedded live
links (in the form of blue half spheres), which allow access to historical rig count charts, current drilling activity maps
and oil and gas production charts for different US shale areas.
To call-up this additional information, click on the blue half spheres, and on
the resulting pop-up, click the relevant hi-lighted links.
To
control the 3D map linked above,
rotate it using the left mouse button, zoom in/out using the mouse wheel, and
roam it using the right mouse button. |
Monthly reported number of wells drilled in the main US light, tight
oil and shale gas plays.
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Monthly reported number of wells completed in the main US light,
tight oil and shale gas plays.
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The monthly number of drilled, uncompleted wells (DUC) reported for
the main US light, tight oil and shale gas plays.
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Estimating Average Rig Productivity
Over Time for a Prominent Tight Oil Play

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We have rig productivity numbers for the primary tight oil
and shale gas plays in the US and Canada. We have
productivity on a Wells Per Month Per Rig basis, as well as,
Average Footage Drilled per Rig per Month, and Average New Well
Production per Rig Per Month. If interested in
discussing further, please send us an e-mail at
insight@energy-cg.com.
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Improving Economic Robustness of Shale
Plays

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We have an extensive LTO and shale gas economic analysis
database, and we have performed literally thousands of such
analysis for valuation, and analytical purposes. Our
in-house tool, called EVAL, is an industry standard economic
modeling methods, that can quickly perform economics on any
upstream situation, domestic or international. If
interested in discussing further, please send us an e-mail at
insight@energy-cg.com. |
US Oil and Gas Drilling Rig Market
Segmentation

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US Super Spec Rig Market

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The following panel contains an interactive 3D map of USA oil and
gas well drilling activity. To see historical rig count charts and
current drilling activity maps for
the main US shale areas, click on the blue spheres on the 3D map, and on
the resulting pop-up, click the hi-lighted links. To use the map,
rotate it using the left mouse button, zoom in/out using the mouse wheel, and
to roam across the map, use the right mouse button.
Link
to full screen version the rotatable, zoomable USA drilling heat map.
If you like this 3D map you might also appreciate these 3D maps as
well (note: they work great on smart phones and tablets)
A 3D oil and gas map overview of the Gulf of Mexico
A 3D map view of oil and gas exploration prospects in the Alaska National
Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
The next two activity maps provide some context for the most recent activity map
shown previously. The map to the left reflects the drilling landscape at
the nadir this past June of the recent down cycle. In contrast, the map to
the right reflects the peak in activity of the most recent upcycle in Sept. of
2014.
"Heat" Map for for June 2016, During
Which, USA Drilling Activity Hit Its Low for the Recent Down Cycle
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Peak USA Drilling Activity: "Heat" Map for Sept. 12, 2014

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USA Drilling Trends: Oil, Gas and Total

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USA Horizontal vs Vertical Drilling Rig
Activity

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NYMEX Oil Price Versus USA Oil Rig Count
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Henry Hub Gas Price Versus USA Gas Rig Count

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Approximate Permian Basin
Horizontal Rig Count

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Drilling Rig Activity Map - Permian Basin
(May 2017)

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US Drilling Rig Activity
Map-Permian Basin

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US Drilling Rig Activity Map-STACK/SCOOP,
Central Oklahoma

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US Drilling Rig Activity
Map-Marcellus/Utica

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US Drilling Rig Activity Map-Eagle Ford

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US Drilling Rig Activity
Map-Haynesville, East Texas, and North Louisiana

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US Drilling Rig Activity Map-Rocky Mountain
Region Powder River, DJ Niobrara, Green River, Piceance, and Uinta

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US Drilling Rig Activity
Map-Bakken

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US Drilling Rig Activity Map-California

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