While Oklahoma gained on its rig count recently, the number of active oil and gas rigs across the nation declined, according to the Baker Hughes rig count.
Oklahoma saw a gain of one rig to reach 39, the same count as a year ago. The U.S. recorded 583 oil and gas rigs, a decline of two. The breakdown included no change in the number of oil rigs at 483 w hile there was a gas rig drop of two to 95 rigs.
The U.S. count is 48 below the 631 rigs reported a year earlier. Over the past 12 months the count included a decline of 29 oil rigs and 19 gas rigs, while the number of active offshore rigs was unchanged at 19.
The rig count in Texas was 274, unchanged from the previous week. New Mexico’s count slipped by one to 105, North Dakota continued with 33, and Louisiana saw an addition of one to reach 40 rigs.
Colorado fell by one to 13, and the Red Top Rig Report indicated the count in Kansas fell by six rigs to 26. Ohio continued with 9 and Pennsylvania’s numbers fell by three to 18 rigs. Utah was unchanged at 12, and West Virginia numbers grew by one to 6 rigs. Wyoming remained at 14.
Little change was noted in the nation’s most active oil and gas plays.
The Permian Basin count dropped one to 305. The Williston Basin in the northwestern U.S. was unchanged at 34. The Eagle Ford shale play in Texas, roughly 50 miles wide and 400 miles long, added a rig to reach 48.
Rigs operating in the Haynesville shale play in east Texas and northwest Louisiana declined by one to 32, and the rig count in the Marcellus shale in the Appalachian Basin dropped by two to 23.
In Oklahoma, the Ardmore Woodford stayed at 2 rigs a nd the Arkoma Woodford remained at one. The Cana Woodford in western Oklahoma added a rig to r each 19.
The D-J Basin, which underlies portions of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas, fell by one to 9 rigs . The Granite Wash play in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, was unchanged with four rigs. The Mississippian lime play in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas continued with no reported rig activity, based on the Bak er Hughes release.
The Utica stayed at a count of 9 active rigs; the Utica shale underlies significant portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, Quebec, and other parts of eastern North America.