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Rig Count By Operator, Basin, Play - September 22, 2018
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In our weekly rig count round up, we look at rig count activity, by basin/play and operator.
First lets take a look at rig count in our core plays.
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US Lower 48 Basins
Rig Increase
Findings, the Permian added 6 net rigs this week and the Marcellus added 1 rig.
Rig Decrease
Powder River, Utica, GraniteWash and the DJ Basin saw a reduction in rig count.
Permian Basin Rig Activity
Permian Rig Count by County
As you can see from the table above, the counties with the most changes are Reeves, Midland, Lea and Pecos County.
Permian Rig Count by Operator (select operators)
Above is a select list of operators in the Permian Basin. As you can see, Exxon/XTO added 13 rigs this year, Energen (who most recently agreed to be acquired by Diamondback Energy) added 5 rigs this year. Concho, who recently acquired RSP Permian also added 5 rigs this year so far.
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This granular break-down of rigs, by operator, play, basin is available for the entire US. Our rig locations/database includes not just horizontal but vertical rigs as well.
Lets take a look at another area, the SCOOP/STACK.
SCOOP/STACK Rig Count overtime
STACK/SCOOP Rig Count by County
STACK/SCOOP Rig Count By Operator
From the above you you can see that Roan Resources (the company formed between Linn Energy and Citizen Energy), added some 8 rigs so far this year and more is planned for 2019. Continental Resources added 6 rigs and XTO/Exxon added 6 rigs as well so far this year.
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