Oklahoma’s oil and gas drilling efforts are still mostly focused in the Cana Woodford Basin in the state but the Granite Wash play isn’t far behind with drilling activity.
The latest rig count from Baker Hughes reported 17 active rigs were busy in the Cana Woodford and included at least 5 rigs in Grady County, 3 in Blaine, one in Caddo, 8 in Canadian, 2 in Dewey. While the list of county wells adds up to 19, the numbers were reported by Baker Hughes in a breakdown of active rigs.
The Granite Wash had 14 rigs, reported Baker Hughes. It also cited 2 of the GW wells in Roger Mills County. Three rigs were reported in Kingfisher County, one in Love, 2 in Major, and one in Oklahoma County.
As defined, the Granite Wash is what geologists call a “liquids-rich tight sands play” that is about 160 miles long and 30 miles wide and covers parts of Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.
While no rigs were reported in Oklahoma’s part of the Mississippiian, one was reported in Barber County in southern Kansas. The Mississippi Lime Play, as it is also known, stretches into parts of southern Kansas. The play lies at a fairly shallow depth (4,000-7,000 feet), and it features different drilling characteristics from shale and tight sands formations.
The Ardmore Woodford continued with a single reported rig and the Arkoma Woodford recorded the same. Oklahoma’s rig count, based on the Baker Hughes report, was unchanged this week with 43 total rigs.
Around the nation, the Permian Basin count fell by one to 254 rigs while the Eagle Ford continued with 39 rigs. The Haynesville had no change in a count of 39 and the Maracellus remained at 24. The Williston in the northern part of the U.S. was unchanged at 29.
The D-J Niobrara remained at 9 rigs. The count in the Utica was also unchanged at 12 rigs.
According to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Granite Wash (GW) is a liquids-rich tight sands play about 160 miles long and 30 miles wide, covering parts of Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.