Alabama. Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas RRC Dist. 1, 2, 3, 4., 5, 6, inland, offshore
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas Dist. 7B, 7C, 8, 8A, 9, 10
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
The largest change to the U.S. rig count in the last week was in the Anadarko Basin, where six rigs were added—all additions came from previously inactive companies firing up a rig.
The Khaleej al-Bahrain field is estimated to contain at least 80 billion barrels of tight (shale) oil.
Commercial development of the deposits is currently not permitted, but the country’s highest administrative court is holding hearings ahead of a final ruling and has allowed pilot projects to go ahead in the meantime.
The largest week-over-week increase was in the Gulf Coast, where eight new rigs were added, primarily in the Eagle Ford Shale, according to Enverus.
January 2021: Wolfcamp Discovery in Eddy County, N.M., Produces 5,202 bbl of oil, 11.096 MMcf of Gas per Day
With the Platero investigative project, Exxon Mobil becomes the second company to begin a fracking pilot project in Colombia, after majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol.