U.S. Rig Count See Massive Climb On Higher Oil Prices

The number of active drilling rigs in the United States rose by 22 this week—the 16^th straight weekly increase to the number of oil and gas rigs in the United States and the largest single-week rise since February 2018. Continue reading to learn more about U.S Rig Count.

The total rig count now sits at 635 as the price of a WTI barrel slipped this week from its multi-year highs.

Baker Hughes reported this week that the total active rig figure—oil, gas, and miscellaneous—is 238 rigs higher than the rig count this time in 2021.

Oil-directed rigs rose 19 to 516, while gas-directed rigs were up by 2 to 118. Miscellaneous rigs were also up 1.

U.S. weekly production of crude oil this week increased, breaking its recent downward trend. Crude production for the week ending February 4 rose 100,000 bpd to 11.6 million bpd, according to the Energy Information Administration.

The rig count in the Permian Basin rose by 7 this week, bringing the total rig count in the prolific Permian basin to 301. The nation’s second most prolific basin, the Eagle Ford, saw its count rise by 4 to 54.

Primary Vision’s Frac Spread Count, which tracks the number of completion crews finishing off previously drilled wells, shows that completion crews rose for the fifth week in a row by 3 to 264 for week ending February 4. The frac spread count is now up 89 from a year ago.

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Source: Oil Price

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