North America Rig Loss Streak Rumbles On

by Andreas Exarheas
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North America dropped eight rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest rotary rig count, which was released on November 15.

The U.S. cut a total of one rig and Canada cut a total of seven rigs week on week, pushing the total North America rig count down to 784, comprising 584 rigs from the U.S. and 200 rigs from Canada, the latest count outlined.

Of the total U.S. rig count of 584, 568 are categorized as land rigs, 14 are categorized as offshore rigs, and two are categorized as inland water rigs. This total rig count is made up of 478 oil rigs, 101 gas rigs, and five miscellaneous rigs, according to the count, which highlights that the total includes 520 horizontal rigs, 48 directional rigs, and 16 vertical rigs.

Week on week, the U.S. cut one land rig, while its inland water and offshore rig counts remained unchanged, and its oil and gas rig counts dropped by one rig each, while its miscellaneous rig count increased by one, the count showed. The U.S. directional rig count dropped by one week on week, while its horizontal and vertical rig counts remained unchanged during the period, the count revealed.

New Mexico was shown in the count to have added two rigs week on week and Pennsylvania was shown to have added one rig. Texas dropped two rigs week on week, while Oklahoma and Utah each cut one rig, the count outlined.

Canada’s total rig count of 200 is made up of 137 oil rigs and 63 gas rigs, Baker Hughes’ count revealed. The country cut five oil rigs and two gas rigs week on week, the count showed.

The total North America rig count is down 30 rigs compared to year ago levels, according to Baker Hughes, which outlined that the U.S. has driven this decline, cutting 34 rigs during the period while Canada’s count increased by four. The U.S. has cut 22 oil rigs and 13 gas rigs, while its miscellaneous count increased by one, and Canada has added 14 oil rigs, and cut 10 gas rigs, while its miscellaneous rig count remained unchanged, year on year, the count revealed.

In a research note sent to Rigzone on Friday by the JPM Commodities Research team, J.P. Morgan analysts highlighted that “total U.S. oil and gas rigs fell by one to 584 this week, according to Baker Hughes”.

“Oil focused operators fell by one to 478 rigs, after last week’s flat count. Natural gas focused rigs fell by one to 101 rigs, after last week’s flat count,” they added.

“The rig count in the major tight oil basins held steady, showing no changes across any of the regions. This is only the second instance this year of such stability, with both occurrences happening within the past four weeks,” they continued.

In the note, the J.P. Morgan analysts stated that since July, the rig count has been relatively stagnant, “suggesting that the year-end total may fall slightly short of our initial expectations”.

“Although the current shortfall from our year-end forecast is just 13 rigs, we remain confident that the drilling activity earlier in the year has provided enough wells for completion crews to finish their work by year’s end, allowing us to meet our December exit target of 13.55 million barrels per day,” they added.

In its previous rig count, which was released on November 8, Baker Hughes revealed that North America dropped six rigs week on week. The total U.S. rig count remained unchanged and the total Canada rig count dropped by six week on week, that count outlined.

Baker Hughes’ November 1 count showed that North America dropped three rigs week on week, its October 25 count revealed that North America dropped one rig week on week, its October 18 count showed that North America dropped three rigs week on week, and its October 11 rig count also revealed that North America dropped three rigs week on week.

Baker Hughes’ October 4 count showed that North America added three rigs week on week and its September 27 count revealed that North America added six rigs week on week.

The company’s September 20 rig count showed that North America dropped nine rigs week on week, its September 13 rig count showed that North America added six rigs week on week, its September 6 rig count revealed that North America dropped one rig week on week, and its August 30 rig count also showed that North America dropped one rig week on week.

Baker Hughes’ August 23 count revealed that North America added one rig week on week, its August 16 count revealed that North America dropped two rigs week on week, and its August 9 count showed that North America’s rig count stayed flat week on week.

Baker Hughes’ August 2 rig count showed that North America added five rigs week on week, its July 26 count showed that North America added 17 rigs week on week, its July 19 count revealed North America added 10 rigs week on week, and its July 12 count showed that North America added 13 rigs week on week.

The company’s July 5 count revealed that North America added three rigs week on week, its June 28 count also showed that North America added three rigs week on week, its June 21 rig count revealed that North America added four rigs week on week, and its June 14 count showed that North America added 13 rigs week on week.

Baker Hughes’ June 7 count revealed that North America added nine rigs week on week, its May 31 count showed that North America added eight rigs week on week, and its May 24 rig count highlighted that North America added two rigs week on week.

The company’s May 17 count revealed that North America dropped one rig week on week, its May 10 count showed that North America dropped six rigs week on week, its May 3 count also showed that North America dropped six rigs week on week, its April 26 count showed that North America dropped 15 rigs week on week, and its April 19 count showed that North America cut 12 rigs week on week.

Baker Hughes’ April 12 count revealed that North America added two rigs week on week, and its April 5 count showed that North America cut 16 rigs week on week.

The company’s March 28 count revealed that North America dropped 21 rigs week on week, its March 22 count showed that the region cut 43 rigs week on week, its March 15 count showed that the region cut 11 rigs week on week, and its March 8 rig count showed that North America dropped 13 rigs week on week.

Baker Hughes’ March 1 rig count revealed that North America added three rigs week on week, its February 23 rig count showed that North America added two rigs week on week, and its February 16 count showed that North America’s rig count remained unchanged week on week.

The company’s February 9 rig count revealed that North America increased its rig count by four rigs week on week, its February 2 count showed that North America’s rig count stayed flat week on week, and its January 26 rig count showed that North America increased its rig count by eight rigs week on week.

Baker Hughes’ January 19 count revealed that North America increased its rig count by 11 rigs week on week, its January 12 rig count showed that North America increased its rig count by 86 rigs week on week, and its January 5 rig count, which marked the company’s first rotary rig count of 2024, showed that North America added 38 rigs week on week.

The company’s final rotary rig count of 2023 showed a notable week on week and year on year drop for North America. The region’s rig count decreased by 58 week on week and by 155 year on year, according to that count, which was released on December 29.

Baker Hughes, which has issued rotary rig counts to the petroleum industry since 1944, describes the figures as an important business barometer for the drilling industry and its suppliers. The company notes that working rig location information is provided in part by Enverus.

by Andreas Exarheas
click here to read the original article at Rigzone.com
*this article was not written by Roseland Oil & Gas