Bakken Shale Clings to 26 Rigs
The Bakken-Three Forks rig count remained flat this week with 26 rigs running across our coverage area by midday Friday.
A total of 419 oil and gas rigs were running across the United States this week, down 12 from last week. 87 were targeting natural gas (one less than the previous week) and 332 were targeting oil in the U.S. (11 less than the previous week). The remainder were drilling service wells (e.g. disposal wells, injection wells, etc.)26 of the rigs active in the U.S. were running in North Dakota.
Bakken Oil & Gas Rigs
The Bakken oil rigs hels steady at 26 this week with Bloomberg reporting WTI oil prices climbing to $45.92 on Friday afternoon. WTI-Brent also increased this week to $47.37. The Bakken has zero natural active gas rig in the area this week with futures increasing to $2.18/mmbtu by midday.
McKenzie County continues to lead development with 13 rigs running this week, far outpacing other counties. View the full list below under the Bakken Drilling by County section.
Activity continues to be dominated by horizontal drilling:
- 26 rigs are drilling horizontal wells
- 0 rigs are drilling directional wells
- 0 rigs are drilling vertical wells
Bakken Drilling by County
What is the Rig Count?
The Bakken Shale Rig Count is an index of the total number of oil & gas drilling rigs running across Montana and North Dakota. The rigs referred to in this article are for ALL drilling reported by Baker Hughes and not solely wells targeting the Bakken formation. All land rigs and onshore rig data shown here are based upon industry estimates provided by the Baker Hughes Rig Count.
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