One of the nation’s two oil plays that saw increases in drilling activity in the past week was in Oklahoma.
The Granite Wash rig count grew by one to reach a total of 11 rigs. The play is described by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists as a liquids-rich tight sands play about 160 miles long and 30 miles wind covering parts of western Oklahoma, mostly in Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, and Washita counties and the Texas Panhandle. In Texas, it largely is located in Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler counties.
The nation’s other play to see a gain was the Marcellus where there was an increase of two rigs to reach 25.
Oklahoma’s Cana Woodford count dropped by one to 19 rigs. The Ardmore Woodford was unchanged at 6 and the Arkoma Woodford remained at one rig. The Mississippian still has no active rig count to report.
The Permian Basin, the nation’s most active oil and gas play, according to Baker Hughes, saw its rig count fall by 3 to 294 rigs. The Williston, another big producer of oil, was unchanged at 33 rigs.
The Barnett play remained at one rig. The D-J Basin stayed at 6 and the Eagle Ford of South Texas was unchanged with 48 rigs. The Haynesville remained at 30 rigs. The count in the Utica fell one to 11 rigs.
