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By: Journal Record Staff May 23, 2022 0

HOUSTON – Energy firms are continuing to add to the nation’s drilling rig count, according to the most recent count of rigs by industry watcher Baker Hughes.

In its report issued Friday, Houston-based Baker Hughes said the combined number of oil and gas rigs rose by 14 from its previous count to total 728.

A year ago, the rig count total in the U.S. stood at 455.

Rigs on land in the U.S. last week totaled 709, an increase of 14 over the previous week. There was one rig counted in inland waters and 18 counted offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. totaled 576, an increase of 13 over the previous week; there were 150 counted drilling for gas, an increase of 1; two were classified as “miscellaneous” rigs.

Traditional vertical wells being drilled totaled 25, while there were 39 identified as directional and 664 identified as horizontal.

The rig count in Oklahoma increased by one to total 58, Baker Hughes reported.

There were 357 rigs counted in Texas, 98 in New Mexico, 64 in Louisiana and 36 in North Dakota. Fewer numbers were counted in Alaska, California, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

In reporting major basin variances, Baker Hughes said 343 rigs were in the Permian, 70 in Haynesville, 65 in the Eagle Ford, 39 in Marcellus, 38 in Williston, 27 in Cana Woodford, 15 in DJ-Niobrara, 12 in Utica, 2 in Ardmore Woodford, three in Arkoma Woodford, four in Barnett, three in Granite Wash and one in the Mississippian.

Baker Hughes has issued the rotary rig counts as a service to the petroleum industry since 1944.

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