Oklahoma and Louisiana contributed 3 additional rigs each to a gain of 8 drilling rigs in U.S. last week. Baker Hughes said as of Sept. 13 there were 590 oil and natural gas rigs in U.S. (up 8 from 582 previous week, down 51 from 641 year ago). Also, there were 306 rigs in Permian Basin (unchanged from previous week, down 16 from 322 year ago), 274 in Texas (unchanged from previous week, down 43 from 317 year ago) and 107 in New Mexico (up 1 from 106 previous week, up 5 from 102 year ago).
Louisiana is No. 3 among states with 43 (42 year ago) followed by Oklahoma with 41 (39 year ago) and North Dakota with 33 (unchanged in past week, up 3 from 30 year ago). Eagle Ford in south Texas is No. 2 among regions with 48 rigs (unchanged in past week, down 1 from 49 year ago) followed by Williston with 34 (unchanged in past week, up 2 from 32 year ago), Haynesville with 33 (up 1 in past week, down 8 in past year) and Marcellus with 24 (up 1 in past week, down 5 in past year).
Rig counts in most Permian counties were unchanged in the past week. Lea, N.M., leads with 53 followed by Eddy, N.M., with 50 (up 1), Martin with 32, Reeves with 29 and Midland with 23. Others include Loving with 19 (down 1) and Reagan and Upton each with 14.