Thursday, October 7, 2010

New Record: 153 Rigs

Or was that already posted?

I am getting confused. No, I just checked: it was 151 rigs yesterday at 3:15 p.m. Pacific time.

At 5:00 a.m. this morning it was still 151.

Now someone alerted me that it was 153 rigs.

Incredible.

They have to get these wells drilled before EPA regulates fracking.

2 comments:

  1. A suggestion for your "By the Numbers" on the right hand side... I know you have active rigs in there - but what about keeping track of the number of wells on the current confidential list? There are currently 1,061 wells on confidential.

    Also, I pulled the list into excel, and did a count by operator. I did a reverse sort to put the operator with the most wells on confidential at the top of the list.. Pretty interesting:

    Count of Operator
    Operator Total
    CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. 135
    EOG RESOURCES, INC. 105
    XTO ENERGY INC. 55
    BRIGHAM OIL & GAS, L.P. 49
    WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION 49
    SLAWSON EXPLORATION COMPANY, INC. 48
    MARATHON OIL COMPANY 46
    PETRO-HUNT, L.L.C. 38
    NEWFIELD PRODUCTION COMPANY 34
    OASIS PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA LLC 32
    BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP 31
    ENCORE OPERATING, L.P. 31
    TRACKER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT II, LLC 25
    SAGEBRUSH RESOURCES, LLC 23
    HESS CORPORATION 22
    AMERICAN OIL & GAS, INC. 21
    ZENERGY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC 20
    SAMSON RESOURCES COMPANY 18
    HUNT OIL COMPANY 17
    SM ENERGY COMPANY 17
    KODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC. 16
    ZAVANNA, LLC 16
    ANSCHUTZ EXPLORATION CORPORATION 14
    FIDELITY EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY 13
    QEP ENERGY COMPANY 13
    HELIS OIL & GAS COMPANY, L.L.C. 12
    NORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC 12
    ZENERGY, INC 11
    CORNERSTONE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC 9
    PEAK NORTH DAKOTA, LLC 9
    TEXAKOTA, INC. 9
    MUREX PETROLEUM CORPORATION 8
    BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC 7
    BAYTEX ENERGY USA LTD 6
    ENERPLUS RESOURCES USA CORPORATION 6
    LEGACY OIL & GAS ND, INC. 6
    PRIMA EXPLORATION, INC. 6
    SINCLAIR OIL AND GAS COMPANY 6
    SUMMIT RESOURCES, INC. 6
    CIRQUE RESOURCES, LP 5
    ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORP. 4
    G3 OPERATING, LLC 4
    WESCO OPERATING, INC. 4
    BALLANTYNE OIL, LLC 3
    LUFF EXPLORATION COMPANY 3
    OIL FOR AMERICA EXPLORATION, LLC 3
    PENN VIRGINIA OIL & GAS, LP 3
    RITCHIE EXPLORATION, INC. 3
    URSA RESOURCES GROUP LLC 3
    WARD-WILLISTON COMPANY 3
    ARSENAL ENERGY USA INC. 2
    FRAM OPERATING LLC 2
    NADEL AND GUSSMAN ROCKIES, LLC 2
    AMERADA HESS CORPORATION 1
    CITATION OIL & GAS CORP. 1
    DAKOTA MINERALS, LLC 1
    FLATIRONS RESOURCES LLC 1
    HALEK OPERATING ND LLC 1
    LARIO OIL & GAS COMPANY 1
    NOVUS ENERGY COMPANY 1
    OXY USA INC. 1
    PEAK GRASSLANDS, LLC 1
    RED WILLOW GREAT PLAINS, LLC 1
    REEDER OPERATING, LLC 1
    RENEGADE PETROLEUM (NORTH DAKOTA) LTD. 1
    RYAN EXPLORATION, INC. 1
    SHD OIL & GAS, LLC 1
    TIMBERLINE PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC 1
    ZARGON OIL (ND) INC. 1
    (blank)
    Grand Total 1061

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  2. I do everything by hand. You have no idea how long it takes me to go through the confidential list, which I might do once a month. I need to let folks know it's approximate. Thank you.

    But that is very, very interesting. The list has always had about 950 wells on it; your number, 1,061, is a significant jump.

    But it sure seems like very few wells are ever reported on the daily activity report; only three or four at a time.

    I really appreciate you supplying the number today. When I get home from substitute teaching, I will put up a post on your number.

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