The Granite Wash is now Oklahoma’s busiest oil and gas shale play according to the latest rig report from Baker Hughes Company.
Oklahoma’s drilling activity picked up in the past week with a gain of one rig for a total of 44 oil and gas rigs across the state. The Granite Wash, according to the report, recorded the gain of one for a total of 19 rigs. While the Granite Wash also extends into the Texas Panhandle, a large segment is in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma’s other most active play is the Cana Woodford and its count remained at 19 rigs. Combined, the two plays have 38 of the state’s reported 44 active rigs.
The Ardmore Woodford count was unchanged at 2 rigs while the Arkoma Woodford continued with one rig. The Mississippi play went another week with no reported drilling activity, based on the Baker Hughes report.
Other plays
The Permian Basin drilling activity declined by one rig to 256. The count includes rigs in southeast New Mexico and west Texas where the Permian is geographically located.
The Williston in North Dakota and eastern Montana was unchanged with 28 active rigs. The Haynesville, a large natural gas play in East Texas and most of Louisiana, stayed at 55. The Eagle Ford of south Texas saw no change with 44 active rigs.
The Marcellus, mostly a natural gas play in New York, Pennsylvania and parts of Ohio, remained at 24 rigs. The Utica continued with 12 rigs. The D-J Niobrara located in northeast Colorado and southeast Wyoming while stretching into parts of Nebraska and western Kansas had only 8 rigs in operation, the same count as the previous week.
Baker Hughes reported the nation’s rig count slipped one to 562 rigs in the past week including a gain of 2 oil rigs for a total of 433 while the gas rigs declined by 3 to 121. The U.S. rig total is 7 more than a year ago when the count was 555.
