What 44 Rigs In North Dakota Looks Like, February 3, 2016

Rig Locator Map at this link: http://www.click2map.com/v2/dgriffin94/Bakken_Rig_Locator

Updates

May 24, 2020: 14 active rigs in North Dakota; the number had been as low as 12 recently:

February 3, 2016: this is what 44 active rigs in North Dakota looks like (there are no rigs outside this area; for the first time in a long, not one rig in southwestern North Dakota:

 
August 23, 2015: I forgot to get a screenshot of the GIS map server when the number of rigs hit a post-boom low of 68. The rig count today is 76. The wells outside the core area of the Bakken is interesting considering the low price of oil today (about $40/bbl WTI):

May 4, 2015: 84 active rigs (one active rig in southwest North Dakota). The rig in southwest North Dakota:

• 30755, conf, Denbury Onshore, CHSU ML 41-36NH 15, Cedar Hills;

The nearest horizontal to that well in this section:

• 14024, 270, Denbury Onshore, CHSU ST Skull Creek 14-36NH 15, a South Red River B well, Cedar Hills, t9/97; cum 366K 3/15;

April 22, 2015: 90 active rigs (no active rigs in southwest North Dakota):

March 24, 2015: 100 active rigs (no active rigs in southwest North Dakota):

March 11, 2015: 111 active rigs:

 
March 1, 2015: 119 active rigs:

 
February 5, 2015: 136 active rigs:

 

 

What the North Dakota Bakken looked like on January 15, 2015, 156 rigs:

 We will compare this graphic with the 3Q15 graphic later in the year.