The Eagle Ford Shale drilling rig count increased three to 247 running this past week. La Salle County still leads and has held the top position for all but two weeks since October of 2012.
Chesapeake announced earnings this week and it looks like the company is changing course a bit now that Aubrey McClendon is on his way out. The company is dropping more rigs than previously disclosed. Chesapeake exited 2012 with more than 20 rigs running and is running 18 as of this week. That number will fall throughout the year as plans call for an average of 16 rigs running in 2013. That is six rigs fewer than the company announced it planned to run during the year back in August of 2012. Read more in the article Chesapeake's Eagle Ford Activity Soaring - Rig Count Declining.
Eagle Ford Oil & Gas Rigs
[ic-r]The natural gas rig count fell further to 27 units running this past week. That's an Eagle Ford record low. Natural gas prices traded up during the week to $3.28/mmbtu on Friday afternoon.
The oil rig count increased seven to 219 running in the area. WTI crude futures traded down on the week to a little more than $93 per barrel to end the week. Eagle Ford crude prices traded at $102.37/bbl on the 22nd of February. Eagle Ford light crude and condensate in the area traded at $89.75 and $88.75, respectively.
There are 212 horizontal rigs running in the region. An injection well is being drilled in Karnes County.
La Salle County leads development with 36 rigs running. Karnes (26), DeWitt (25), Dimmit (24), McMullen (24), Gonzales (23), Webb (23), Live Oak (16), Atascosa (12), Leon (7), Lavaca (6), and Wilson (6) round out the top counties in the region.
South Texas Oil & Gas News:
- Chesapeake's Production is Soaring - Rig Count Declining
- Cabot Oil & Gas Builds Confidence in the Eagle Ford & Pearsall
- Kerrville Growing With The Eagle Ford
- New TX RRC Well Map
Be sure to visit our South Texas Oilfield Job Listings to search openings and come back weekly for updates.
Eagle Ford Rig Count by Operator
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 SmithBits 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 and/or Smith Service Co's (Schlumberger) Smith Rig Count.
Eagle Ford Shale Drilling by County
