Hart Energy Unconventional Activity Tracker (Week of Oct. 12, 2020)

Since the week-over-week rig count from Sept. 30, the total tally of oil and gas rigs operating has increased by 17. According to Enverus, the rig count is up 12% in the last month, but down 64% in the last year.

Larry

Prado

HartEnergy.com

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 03:32 PM

Rig Count Shows Slight Overall Increase

Since the week-over-week rig count from Sept. 30, the total rig count has increased by 17. According to Enverus, the count is up 12% in the last month, but down 64% in the last year.

Two areas lost rigs in the past week—the Permian Basin and the Appalachian Basin. The Gulf Coast region has added four rigs by companies including Penn Virginia, SilverBow Resources and Ineos. Marathon Oil added a third rig.

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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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