5,000 Drilled but Uncompleted Wells Nationally

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Latest oil production figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

 

New-well oil production per rig
barrels/day
New-well gas production per rig
thousand cubic feet/day
Region September 2016 October 2016 change September 2016 October 2016 change
Bakken 875 896 21 1,189 1,228 39
Eagle Ford 1,153 1,170 17 3,335 3,382 47
Haynesville 31 31 5,723 5,803 80
Marcellus 69 69 11,583 11,733 150
Niobrara 982 1,004 22 3,097 3,172 75
Permian 539 543 4 902 909 7
Utica 353 361 8 7,849 7,951 102
Rig-weighted average 595 605 10 2,804 2,715 (89)
Oil production
thousand barrels/day
Gas production
million cubic feet/day
Region September 2016 October 2016 change September 2016 October 2016 change
Bakken 942 914 (28) 1,572 1,547 (25)
Eagle Ford 1,027 981 (46) 5,753 5,555 (198)
Haynesville 45 45 5,844 5,810 (34)
Marcellus 37 36 (1) 17,806 17,784 (22)
Niobrara 369 361 (8) 4,137 4,077 (60)
Permian 1,977 1,999 22 6,863 6,898 35
Utica 69 69 3,602 3,604 2
Total 4,466 4,405 (61) 45,577 45,275 (302)
Drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC)
wells
Region July 2016 August 2016 change
Bakken 811 807 (4)
Eagle Ford 1,297 1,261 (36)
Haynesville 145 143 (2)
Marcellus 658 642 (16)
Niobrara 712 701 (11)
Permian 1,310 1,348 38
Utica 132 129 (3)
Total 5,065 5,031 (34)

 

NOTE: Starting this month, EIA’s monthly Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) includes a supplement that provides monthly estimates of the number of drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) in the 7 DPR regions. Estimates will be provided up to the month prior to the month in which the DPR is issued. Thus, the September DPR will include DUCs estimates through August.

The Drilling Productivity Report uses recent data on the total number of drilling rigs in operation along with estimates of drilling productivity and estimated changes in production from existing oil and natural gas wells to provide estimated changes in oil and natural gas production for seven key regions. EIA’s approach does not distinguish between oil-directed rigs and gas-directed rigs because once a well is completed it may produce both oil and gas; more than half of the wells produce both.

While shale resources and production are found in many U.S. regions, at this time EIA is focusing on the seven most prolific areas, which are located in the Lower 48 states. These seven regions accounted for 92% of domestic oil production growth and all domestic natural gas production growth during 2011-14.