The exploration in Oklahoma’s oil and gas plays remained steady in the past week, based on the most recent rig count released by Baker Hughes Co.
The company’s release showed the Cana Woodford count dropped by one one rig leaving 18 others active in the pursuit of oil and gas. Also known as the Anadarko-Woodford, the play is described as a liquids rich shale formation named after Canadian County. Horizontal well drilling replaced vertical starting in 2007 and in 2011, the U.S. Energy Administration declared it the “deepest commercial horizontal shale play in the world” because it is a deep formation ranging from 8,000 feet to 16,000 feet with some wells reaching total measured depth greater than 20,000 feet.
The Ardmore Woodford was unchanged at 6 rigs and the Arkoma Woodford continued with one.
The Granite Wash, which stretches from western Oklahoma into a handful of counties into the Texas Panhandle saw no change with a couont of 11 active rigs. The Mississippian continued for another week with no reported rig activity, according to Baker Hughes.
Around the nation, the Permian Basin in west Texas an southeastern New Mexico saw a drop of 5 rigs leaving 289. The Williston in North Dakota remained at 33 rigs.
The Barnett play in north Texas added one rig to reach 2. The D-J Niobrara in Colorado remained at 6 rigs. The Eagle Ford of South Texas saw a loss of one rig to 47. The Haynesville in east Texas and Louisiana addedd one to reach a total of 31 rigs.
The Marcellus count fell one to 24. The Utica remained at 11 rigs.