Baker Hughes: U.S. Onshore Well Count

Last updated 10/11/2013. 

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Citation: Baker Hughes. 2013. US Onshore Well Count. 

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Basin This Quarter Last Quarter +/- % Year Ago +/- %

Ardmore Woodford 65 47 18 38% 40 25 63%

Arkoma Woodford 13 12 1 8% 28 -15 -54%

Barnett 380 403 -23 -6% 487 -107 -22%

Cana Woodford 69 74 -5 -7% 62 7 11%

DJ-Niobrara 278 268 10 4% 353 -75 -21%

Eagle Ford 1,133 1,089 44 4% 1,024 109 11%

Fayetteville 159 194 -35 -18% 146 13 9%

Granite Wash 174 150 24 16% 155 19 12%

Haynesville 97 98 -1 -1% 84 13 15%

Marcellus 562 576 -14 -2% 443 119 27%

Mississippian 398 378 20 5% 317 81 26%

Permian 2,326 2,260 66 3% 2,402 -76 -3%

Utica 112 118 -6 -5% 94 18 19%

Williston 747 693 54 8% 603 144 24%

Others 2,662 2,651 11 0% 3,173 -511 -16%

Total U.S. Land 9,175 9,011 164 2% 9,411 -236 -3%

U.S. Land - Well Count Summary

Third Quarter 2013
Date Ardmore 

Woodford

Arkoma 

Woodford Barnett Cana Woodford

DJNiobrara Eagle Ford FayettevilleGranite 

Wash

Haynesville Marcellus Mississippian Permian Utica Williston Others

Total 

Wells 

U.S.Land

Q1 - 2012 32 35 551 90 483 876 222 160 184 541 237 2,302 76 507 2,877 9,173

Q2 - 2012 35 32 542 99 397 932 179 178 109 519 304 2,497 90 567 3,102 9,582

Q3 - 2012 40 28 487 62 353 1,024 146 155 84 443 317 2,402 94 603 3,173 9,411

Q4 - 2012 48 19 452 58 311 974 161 168 92 435 339 2,196 118 563 2,724 8,658

Q1 - 2013 49 13 443 82 266 1,044 157 141 109 475 343 2,169 131 582 2,530 8,534

Q2 - 2013 47 12 403 74 268 1,089 194 150 98 576 378 2,260 118 693 2,651 9,011

Q3 - 2013* 65 13 380 69 278 1,133 159 174 97 562 398 2,326 112 747 2,662 9,175

Date Ardmore 

Woodford

Arkoma 

Woodford Barnett Cana Woodford

DJNiobrara Eagle Ford FayettevilleGranite 

Wash

Haynesville Marcellus Mississippian Permian Utica Williston Others Total Rigs 

U.S.Land

Q1 - 2012 8 16 61 55 42 234 28 86 91 135 56 482 14 206 431 1,947

Q2 - 2012 10 12 46 50 43 251 20 90 59 110 65 516 21 217 413 1,923

Q3 - 2012 10 8 42 39 44 242 14 80 41 93 78 513 22 210 417 1,855

Q4 - 2012 11 5 40 28 42 228 14 71 37 91 83 484 29 197 398 1,759

Q1 - 2013 12 3 35 32 39 232 13 69 41 92 88 470 30 191 360 1,706

Q2 - 2013 12 2 34 34 45 230 13 70 38 79 76 469 34 187 386 1,709

Q3 - 2013 14 3 31 28 50 233 11 70 41 83 73 463 36 183 390 1,709

Date Ardmore 

Woodford

Arkoma 

Woodford Barnett Cana Woodford

DJNiobrara Eagle Ford FayettevilleGranite 

Wash

Haynesville Marcellus Mississippian Permian Utica Williston Others Total 

U.S.Land

Q1 - 2012 4.00 2.20 9.07 1.62 11.48 3.74 7.84 1.85 2.02 4.01 4.21 4.77 5.52 2.46 6.67 4.71

Q2 - 2012 3.64 2.72 11.82 1.99 9.25 3.72 8.81 1.97 1.84 4.72 4.65 4.84 4.35 2.61 7.50 4.98

Q3 - 2012 3.85 3.60 11.64 1.58 8.02 4.22 10.10 1.93 2.04 4.77 4.06 4.68 4.23 2.87 7.61 5.07

Q4 - 2012 4.39 3.86 11.39 2.09 7.35 4.26 11.19 2.36 2.47 4.76 4.10 4.54 4.12 2.85 6.85 4.92

Q1 - 2013 4.08 4.23 12.52 2.57 6.78 4.51 12.08 2.05 2.66 5.19 3.91 4.62 4.32 3.05 7.03 5.00

Q2 - 2013 3.98 6.00 11.99 2.15 5.96 4.73 15.48 2.15 2.55 7.33 4.95 4.82 3.48 3.70 6.87 5.27

Q3 - 2013* 4.64 4.33 12.26 2.46 5.56 4.86 14.45 2.49 2.37 6.77 5.45 5.02 3.11 4.08 6.83 5.37

* Note: Current quarter well count data is preliminary and is subject to revision. 

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