The declining numbers of oil and gas rigs in Oklahoma took another slide in the past week, as did the national rig count, reported Baker Hughes Co. on Friday.
Oklahoma’s count fell by two to 37, far from the 65 rigs reported one year earlier. As a result, more rigs are no doubt being put back into storage yards.
Nationally, the count fell by 11, leaving 630 oil and gas rigs pursuing new energy. The oil rig count dropped by 8 to 507 while the gas rig numbers fell by 3 to 118. The U.S. count, reported Baker Hughes, is 134 fewer than the 764 reported one year earlier including 95 fewer oil rigs and 42 fewer gas rigs.
Oklahoma’s count of 37 compared to Texas where the count fell by 5 to 312 rigs. New Mexico dropped by two to 100 rigs and North Dakota was unchanged with 30 rigs.
Louisiana saw no change from its count of 42 rigs. Kansas stayed at 36 rigs, according to the Red Top Rig Report. Colorado continued with 16 rigs. Ohio was unchanged at 10 and Pennsylvania stayed at 21 rigs. West Virginia was unchanged at 8 while the count in Wyoming fell one to 20 rigs.
The Permian Basin drilling activity dropped by 5 rigs to 317. The Williston continued with 32 rigs. The Haynesville count slipped by two to 39 while the Marcellus drilling activity was unchanged at 29 rigs.
The Ardmore Woodford added a rig to reach 2 while the Arkoma Woodford continued for another week with no reported drilling activity, according to Banker Hughes..
The Cana Woodford count fell by one to 16 rigs and the Barnett still has no reported drilling activity. The D-J Basin continued with 14 rigs and the Eagle Ford was unchanged at 49 rigs.
The Granite Wash added one rig to reach 5 while there remains no rig activity in the Mississippi. The Utica continued with 10 rigs.