Occidental Petroleum and Pioneer Natural Resources are the top two operators of active drilling rigs in Permian Basin, according to Enverus. Occidental had 24 active rigs in the week ending March 29 followed by Pioneer with 21 rigs. Other Permian leading operators were Mewbourne Oil with 19, EOG Resources with 17, and ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy and ExxonMobil each with 16.
In the 30 days ending March 15, Enverus said EOG Resources led with 43 permits followed by Pioneer with 42, Mewbourne with 39, Chevron with 35, Occidental and Ameredev II each with 34, and Diamondback Energy with 32.
ConocoPhillips led operators in U.S. with 30 working rigs as of April 2 followed by EOG Resources and Occidental each with 28, Mewbourne with 24, Continental Resources with 22, and Devon and Pioneer each with 21.
Permian Basin reported 118 frac crews as of April 2 to lead all regions followed by Rockies with 34, Gulf Coast with 26 and Eastern with 17.