Eagle Ford Shale Rig Count Reaches 70
Eagle Ford Shale Rig Count Increasing
The Eagle Ford Shale rig count jumped by two this week, with our data showing 70 rigs running across our coverage area by midday Friday.
In recent Eagle Ford news, the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) is gearing up for increased oil and gas drilling throughout 2017.
Read more: RRC Prepares for More Texas Drilling
A total of 740 oil and gas rigs were running across the United States this week, a gain of 12 over last week. 149 rigs targeted natural gas (4 more than the previous week) and 591 were targeting oil in the U.S. (eight more than the previous week). The remainder were drilling service wells (e.g. disposal wells, injection wells, etc.) 362 of the rigs active in the U.S. were running in Texas.
Baker Hughes reports its own Eagle Ford Rig Count that covers the 14 core counties. The rig count published on EagleFordShale.com includes a 30 county area impacted by Eagle Ford development. A full list of the counties included can be found in the table below.
Eagle Ford Oil & Gas Rigs
Six rigs in the Eagle Ford region targeted natural gas this week with the commodity trading at $3.03/mmbtu.
64 Eagle Ford rigs were targeting oil with WTI oil prices increasing slightly to $53.86.
A total of 64 rigs are drilling horizontal wells, two are drilling directional wells and four are vertical.
Karnes County leads this week with 15 rigs in production. See the full list below in the Eagle Ford Shale Drilling by County below.
Eagle Ford Shale Drilling by County
Eagle Ford Shale Rig Count by County
Eagle Ford Shale News
EnerVest Shifts from Barnett to Eagle Ford
Halcón Resources Exits the Eagle Ford
RRC Prepares for More Texas Drilling
What is the Rig Count?
The Eagle Ford Shale Rig Count is an index of the total number of oil & gas drilling rigs running across a 30 county area in South Texas. The South Texas rigs referred to in this article are for ALL drilling reported by Baker Hughes and not solely wells targeting the Eagle Ford formation. All land rigs and onshore rig data shown here are based upon industry estimates provided by the Baker Hughes Rig Count.