Niobrara
Rig Counts , Unconventional
Chart: Western Rig Count As of July 3, 2020
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (July 2, 2020)
Powder River Basin Niobrara Shale well completed by EOG Resources in Wyoming’s Converse County plus LLOG Exploration’s results from a U.S. Gulf of Mexico discovery top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Unconventional , Top IP Wells
Updated: Top 12 IP Wells in Niobrara Shale
July 2020: Niobrara Completion In Converse County Flows 1.528 Mbbl of Oil, 3.023 MMcf/d.
Unconventional , Legislation , Health, Safety & Environment , Shale Plays
Colorado Activists Revive Anti-fracking Ballot Initiative
The drive marks the third try in four years to tighten oil and gas drilling regulations in Colorado, which is the fifth largest oil-producing U.S. state.
Unconventional , Natural Gas , Crude Oil , Shale Plays
Why US Shale Production Declines Are Higher Than You Might Think
The natural decline rates of existing oil and gas wells across major shale plays in the U.S. will contribute to a tighter supply/demand balance.
Restructurings , Public Capital , Shale Plays
Colorado Shale Producer Extraction Oil & Gas Enters Bankruptcy
Extraction Oil & Gas is the second largest U.S. shale producer to file for bankruptcy since the oil market collapse driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (June 12, 2020)
Alaska North Slope drilling permits granted to ConocoPhillips, a Gulf of Mexico discovery by Walter Oil & Gas and two Marcellus Shale producers completed in Pennsylvania’s Armstrong County top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Rig Counts , Unconventional , Shale Plays
Hart Energy Unconventional Activity Tracker (Week of June 1, 2020)
The largest monthly decline occurred in the Williston Basin, where 50% of rigs were released, according to Enverus Rig Analytics for May.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (May 29, 2020)
Exxon Mobil’s latest find offshore Guyana and three extended-reach, horizontal producers completed by Gulfport Energy from a Grady County pad in Oklahoma top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (May 15, 2020)
The third-strongest well drilled to date in the Haynesville Shale completed by Comstock Resources and a Bone Spring discovery by Occidental Petroleum top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.