Drilling Activity for U.S. Land, Inland Waters and Gulf of Mexico All Experienced Increases in April
Drilling Activity for U.S. Land, Inland Waters and Gulf of Mexico All Experienced Increases in April
HOUSTON, May 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Platts Analytics, today announced the U.S. rig count for April 2018 was 1,147, up 52 (+5%) from March 2018, and up 176 (+18%) from April 2017. This rig count includes U.S. onshore, U.S. inland waters, and U.S. offshore Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs.
-- April U.S. land rig count: 1,099, up 46 (+4%) from the previous month
and up 177 (+19%) from April 2017
-- April U.S. inland waters and Gulf of Mexico rig count: 48, up 6 (+14%)
from the previous month and down 1 (-2%) from April 2017
"On a month-over-month basis, the incremental growth in April's land rig count was driven entirely by continued ramp-up of drilling in 'traditional' oil formations versus natural gas formations. In fact, we saw that drilling activity that targeted natural gas formations actually fell slightly last month from the prior month," said S&P Global Platts Senior Industry Analyst Trey Cowan. "Regionally, the strength in Texas drilling activity came mainly from the Permian basis, though there was also boosted activity for liquids drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale basin."
Regarding non-land rigs, the April rise in U.S. inland waters was due in large part to new contracts on barge rigs.
"The Gulf of Mexico rig fleet is benefitting both from additional contracts as well as contract extensions," said S&P Global Platts Rig Analyst Trevor Crone.
S&P Global Platts U.S. Rig Counts
Apr Mar Month % Apr Variance YOY %
2018 2018 over Change 2017 Year Variance
Month over
Change Year
(YOY)
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Colorado 31 30 1 3% 31 0 0%
Louisiana 41 44 -3 -7% 44 -3 -7%
New Mexico 87 86 1 1% 56 31 55%
North Dakota 55 54 1 2% 47 8 17%
Oklahoma 143 138 5 4% 133 10 8%
Texas 567 531 36 7% 465 102 22%
Rest of U.S. Land 175 170 5 3% 146 29 20%
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U.S. Land Subtotal 1,099 1,053 46 4% 922 177 19%
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U.S. Inland Waters 11 8 3 38% 15 -4 -27%
U.S. Gulf of Mexico 37 34 3 9% 34 3 9%
U.S. Inland and Gulf of Mexico 48 42 6 14% 49 -1 -2%
Total U.S. Rig Count 1,147 1,095 52 5% 971 176 18%
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