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Rig Employment By Play -- May 17,2013 (source: Baker Hughes)

U.S. Crude Oil Domestic Production Graph. U.S. Crude Oil Imports Graph.
Source : EIA

Permian Top Story

Pioneer IPs Wolfcamp B Well; Touts Strong Position

The well was completed in the Wolfcamp B interval utilizing a 27-stage hybrid fracture stimulation over the well’s perforated lateral length of 6,671 feet.

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Apache Corp.
Concho Resources, Inc.
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
Devon Energy Corporation
Energen Corp.
Cimarex Energy Co.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc
Royal Dutch Shell
Exxon Mobil Corporation
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Permian Basin Target Zones

Announce Date Deal TitleValue $MMTypePlay/Location CategoryAcres
May-24-2013 Falcon to Acquire Interest in PetroHunter Subsidiary A&D Australia - Beetaloo Basin  E&P
May-23-2013 Martin Midstream Acquires KS Service Co. M&A Mississippi Lime  Midstream
May-21-2013 Laredo to Sell Anadarko Basin Assets to EnerVest Asset Granite Wash,Panhandle  E&P
May-17-2013 Centrica, Qatar to Acquire BC Assets with Unconventional Potential Asset Horn River,Liard  E&P
May-15-2013 TC Pipelines to Acquire Bison, GTN Interest in Billion-Dollar Deal Asset Bakken Shale / Three Forks,Horn River  Midstream
May-14-2013 Hi-Crush Partners to Acquire Frac Sand Distributor M&A Marcellus Shale,Utica Shale  Service
May-10-2013 Surge to Shed Non-Op Bakken Assets Asset Bakken Shale / Three Forks  E&P
May-08-2013 MarkWest To Acquire Granite Wash Assets Asset Granite Wash  Midstream
May-07-2013 Sonde Details Terms of Latest Viking Farm-Out Asset Viking Formation  E&P
May-03-2013 Spectra Drops Down 50% Interest in Express-Platte Pipeline Asset Bakken Shale / Three Forks,Bakken - Alberta  Midstream
May-01-2013 SemGroup to Acquire Chesapeake's MissLime Midstream Subsidiary M&A Mississippi Lime  Midstream
Apr-29-2013 Whitecap Ups Ante in Viking Dodsland Light Oil Prospect Asset Viking Formation  E&P
Apr-25-2013 Kulczyk to Acquire European-Focused Winstar M&A Ukraine  E&P
Apr-22-2013 Cubic Eyes Undeveloped Eaglebine Assets Asset Eaglebine/Woodbine  E&P
Apr-22-2013 Centrica, Qatar to Acquire Majority of Suncor's WCSB Assets Asset Horn River,Liard  E&P
  Last Count Count Change from Prior Count Date of Prior Count Change from Last Year Date of Last Year's Count
US RIGS May 17, 2013 1769 0 May 10, 2013 -217 May 18, 2012
HORIZONTAL May 17, 2013 1096 -3 May 10, 2013 -97 May 18, 2012
GAS May 17, 2013 354 4 May 10, 2013 -246 May 18, 2012
OIL May 17, 2013 1408 -4 May 10, 2013 26 May 18, 2012
In-Service DateProject NameProject TypeCapacityProject TypePlay/LocationDetails
1st Quarter / 2013 Pecos River Pipeline  Pipeline    Oil  Permian Basin  Details
1st Quarter / 2013 Plains and Enterprise Eagle ford JV  Pipeline    Oil,Condensate  Eagle Ford Shale  Details
1st Quarter / 2013 Sanish Pipeline  Pipeline    Oil  Bakken Shale / Three Forks  Details
1st Quarter / 2013 Eagle Ford Shale crude oil pipeline II  Pipeline    Oil  Eagle Ford Shale  Details
1st Quarter / 2013 Longhorn Phase I  Pipeline    Oil  Permian Basin  Details
In-Service DateProject NameProject TypeCapacityProject TypePlay/LocationDetails
1st Quarter / 2015 Mariner East  Pipeline    NGL,Ethane,Propane  Marcellus Shale  Details
1st Quarter / 2015 Constitution Pipeline  Pipeline    Gas  Marcellus Shale  Details
2nd Quarter / 2015 200-mile Commonwealth Pipeline  Pipeline    Gas  Marcellus Shale  Details
2nd Quarter / 2015 Commonwealth Pipeline  Pipeline    Gas  Marcellus Shale  Details
3rd Quarter / 2015 Leidy Southeast expansion  Pipeline    Gas  Marcellus Shale  Details