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What's going on in the Utica oil window?
As a follow-up to the EOG post highlighting their drilling west of most operators in the region, I went back to review other operator...

Dave Boyer
Mar 9, 20221 min read
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Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Report Friday 2/25/2022
All US Rigs 650 (+5) US Horizontal Rigs 593 (+4) US Hz Gas Rigs 118 (+3) US Hz Oil Rigs 475 (+1) The largest changes by county this week...

Dave Boyer
Feb 25, 20221 min read
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Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Report Friday 2/4/2022
All US Rigs 613 (+3) US Horizontal Rigs 555 (+2) US Hz Gas Rigs 106 (+1) US Hz Oil Rigs 449 (+1) The largest changes by county this week...

Dave Boyer
Feb 4, 20221 min read
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DUC Hunt
With the recovery of commodity prices, operators have been hunting... DUC hunting. To maintain capital discipline, operators have held...

Dave Boyer
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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Baker Hughes weekly rig report Friday 1/28/2022
All US Rigs 610 (+6) US Horizontal Rigs 553 (+9) US Hz Gas Rigs 105 (+2) US Hz Oil Rigs 448 (+7) The largest changes by county this week...

Dave Boyer
Jan 28, 20221 min read
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Upstream Oil & Gas Select State Analysis
One last report on the BLS state-level data from 2020 - I pulled out data from a select group of states to compare. As requested, this...

Dave Boyer
Jan 24, 20221 min read
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Baker Hughes weekly rig report Friday 1/14/2022
A big week for sentiment in the rig report. The headline US Rig total passed 600 and horizontal gas rigs hit 100. All US Rigs 601 (+13)...

Dave Boyer
Jan 14, 20221 min read
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E&P Departmental Changes - Race Chart
I've started looking at the state-level employment data, so check back for a summary in the new year. But, based on the previous...

Dave Boyer
Dec 20, 20211 min read
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Upstream Oil and Gas Employment - By Profession
Over the past decade, the upstream oil and gas industry has observed employment changes due to cyclical trends and a secular shift....

Dave Boyer
Dec 9, 20211 min read
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Rock Report - November 2021
This month highlights include: ​ - PA GTL Plant - Natural Gas Demand - EnerGIS 2021 - US Natural Gas Production Near High - Plastics the...

Dave Boyer
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Report Friday 11/12/2021
Gas horizontal rigs jumped 7% this week, led by the Utica Shale, nearly doubling while adding four rigs. All US Rigs 556(+6) US...

Dave Boyer
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Report Friday 10/29/2021
All US Rigs 544 (+2) US Horizontal Rigs 483 (+1) US Hz Gas Rigs 85 (-) US Hz Oil Rigs 398 (+1) The largest changes by county this week...

Dave Boyer
Oct 29, 20211 min read
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Rock Report - September 2021
This month highlights include: ​ - Natural Gas Active Hz Rig Comparison - Upcoming AAPG Eastern Section Meeting - Cabot + Cimarex -> New...

Dave Boyer
Oct 1, 20211 min read
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Natural Gas Hz Rig Comparison
I saw a post on Twitter highlighting the difference in natural gas rig activity at current prices versus the last sustained higher gas...

Dave Boyer
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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Baker Hughes weekly rig report Friday 9/10/2021
All US Rigs 503 (+6) US Horizontal Rigs 461 (-2) US Hz Gas Rigs 91 (-2) US Hz Oil Rigs 369 (-) US Hz Misc Rigs 1 (-) The largest changes...

Dave Boyer
Sep 10, 20211 min read
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Baker Hughes weekly rig report Friday 9/3/2021
All US Rigs 497 (-11) US Horizontal Rigs 463 (+4) US Hz Gas Rigs 93 (+3) US Hz Oil Rigs 369 (+1) US Hz Misc Rigs 1 (-) The largest...

Dave Boyer
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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PIOGATech Water & Waste Presentation
Last week I presented at PIOGATech Water & Waste Management Seminar. Thank you, Deana McMahan and Teresa Irvin McCurdy, along with the...

Dave Boyer
Aug 26, 20211 min read
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Baker Hughes weekly rig report Friday 8/6/2021
All US Rigs 491 (+3) US Horizontal Rigs 449 (+7) US Hz Gas Rigs 95 (+1) US Hz Oil Rigs 353 (+5) US Hz Misc Rigs 1 (+1) The largest...

Dave Boyer
Aug 6, 20211 min read
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Baker Hughes weekly rig report Friday 7/30/2021
All US Rigs 488 (-3) US Horizontal Rigs 442 (+3) US Hz Gas Rigs 94 (+1) US Hz Oil Rigs 348 (+2) The largest changes by county this week...

Dave Boyer
Jul 30, 20211 min read
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Baker Hughes weekly rig report Friday 7/16/2021
All US Rigs 484(+5) US Horizontal Rigs 434 (+1) US Hz Gas Rigs 96 (+2) US Hz Oil Rigs 338 (-1) The largest changes by county this week...

Dave Boyer
Jul 16, 20211 min read
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