The Eagle Ford Shale rig count gained slightly this week, with 39 rigs running across our coverage area by midday Friday.

In recent Eagle Ford news, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is forecasting shale oil production to fall for a 12th consecutive month in November with the Eagle Ford taking the biggest hit. 

Read more: EIA: Eagle Ford Shale the Biggest Loser

A total of 551 oil and gas rigs were running across the United States this week, a gain of 14  from last week. 108 rigs targeted natural gas (three more than the previous week) and 443 were targeting oil in the U.S. (11 more than the previous week). The remainder were drilling service wells (e.g. disposal wells, injection wells, etc.) 254 of the rigs active in the U.S. were running in Texas.

Baker Hughes reports its own Eagle Ford Rig Count that covers the 14 core counties. The rig count published on EagleFordShale.com includes a 30 county area impacted by Eagle Ford development. A full list of the counties included can be found in the table below.

Eagle Ford Oil & Gas Rigs

Six rigs in the Eagle Ford region targeted natural gas this week with the commodity trading at $2.96/mmbtu.

33 Eagle Ford rigs were targeting oil with WTI oil prices gaining slightly to $50.85 . 

A total of 37 rigs are drilling horizontal wells, zero are drilling directional wells and two are vertical.

Karnes and LaSalle leads production this week with seven rigs each in production. See the full list below in the Eagle Ford Shale Drilling by County below.

Eagle Ford Shale Drilling by County

Eagle Ford Shale News

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What is the Rig Count?

The Eagle Ford Shale Rig Count is an index of the total number of oil & gas drilling rigs running across a 30 county area in South Texas. The South Texas rigs referred to in this article are for ALL drilling reported by Baker Hughes and not solely wells targeting the Eagle Ford formation. All land rigs and onshore rig data shown here are based upon industry estimates provided by the Baker Hughes Rig Count.

Read more at bakerhughes.com