Active Drilling Rigs December 2015
December 7, 2015
U.S. Active Drilling Rigs December 2015
| Bakken Total: 60 Montana: 0 North Dakota: 60 South Dakota: 0 |
Rocky Mountain Total: 93 Colorado: 27 New Mexico: 40 Utah: 4 Wyoming: 22 |
Central Plains Total: 98 Arkansas: 4 Kansas: 10 Oklahoma: 84 |
Gulf States Total: 43 Alabama: 0 Louisiana North: 29 Louisiana South: 7 Mississippi: 7 |
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| Texas Total: 330 Texas RRC District 1: 33 District 2: 38 District 3: 21 District 4: 16 District 5: 6 District 6: 19 District 7B: 2 District 7C: 28 District 8: 134 District 8A: 17 District 9: 4 District 10: 12 |
Marcellus Total: 62 Ohio: 19 Pennsylvania: 29 West Virginia: 14 |
*Data from December 4, 2015 RigData Report | ||
Drillers
There was no change in the top ten drillers from last month’s report. All ten of them drilled more feet and started more wells. – Combined for the top ten drillers, there was more than 2 million more feet drilled and more than 900 more wells started compared to the previous month.
*Data through 12/01/2015
Top 10 Drillers |
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| Rank | Company | Footage Drilled | Well Starts |
| 1 | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 41,231,034 | 3,584 |
| 2 | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC | 24,799,848 | 2,101 |
| 3 | Nabors Industries, Ltd. | 20,713,528 | 2,128 |
| 4 | Precision Drilling Trust | 8,568,012 | 870 |
| 5 | Ensign Energy Services, Inc. | 8,513,074 | 1,117 |
| 6 | Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. | 7,471,100 | 679 |
| 7 | Unit Corporation | 7,440,519 | 656 |
| 8 | Trinidad Energy Services Income Truest | 6,050,389 | 578 |
| 9 | Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp. | 4,558,747 | 386 |
| 10 | Cactus Drilling Company, LLC | 4,335,821 | 441 |
Operators
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ranks number one for the top operators based on footage drilled. Compared to the previous month’s report Anadarko Petroleum Corporation drilled almost 600,00 more feet and started 46 more wells.
*Data through 12/01/2015
Top 10 Operators |
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| Rank | Company | Footage Drilled | Well Starts |
| 1 | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | 11,584,572 | 1,011 |
| 2 | Marathon Oil Corporation | 7,106,912 | 407 |
| 3 | Chesapeake Energy Corporation | 7,106,116 | 656 |
| 4 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 7,036,148 | 877 |
| 5 | EOG Resources, Inc. | 6,574,014 | 617 |
| 6 | Pioneer Natural Resources Company | 5,730,142 | 385 |
| 7 | ConocoPhillips | 5,218,968 | 499 |
| 8 | QEP Resources, Inc. | 4,711,787 | 383 |
| 9 | Continental Resources, Inc. | 4,450,044 | 416 |
| 10 | BHP Billiton, Limited | 4,434,518 | 319 |
Data source rigdata.com
