Hart Energy Unconventional Activity Tracker (Week of Dec. 28, 2020)

The U.S. rig count fell slightly during the past week with the biggest loss in the Permian and Appalachian basins. Increases did occur in the Anadarko Basin, which added five rigs, and the Williston Basin, which added two.

Larry

Prado

HartEnergy.com

Mon, 12/28/2020 - 03:14 PM

The U.S. rig count fell slightly during the week of Christmas according to Enverus Rig Analytics. The count is down 3% in the last month and down 54% year-over-year with the biggest loss in the Permian and Appalachian basins. During the week, the Anadarko Basin added five rigs and the Williston Basin added two.

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Larry Prado

Larry Prado writes activity highlights for Hart Energy's upstream franchises and covers E&P news. He holds an AA in electronics engineering technology and a BA in technical communications.

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