The Weekly USA Oil & Gas Update: 8th September 2015
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Rig Counts - select states with key plays |
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Oil & Gas Prices - Bloomberg/EIA |
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General News |
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Drilling rig efficiency dramatically improving, lowering costs Walking rigs, along with other technological improvements, have lowered drilling costs by a third for some producers over the last year. As a result, crude oil production has only fallen 3.3% over the last year as operators employ these efficiencies and focus on the most productive acreage they hold, despite a halving of the rig count from a year ago. As an example, Anadarko plans to increase its number of wells drilled in Colorado's Wattenberg field, from 360 last year up to 380 this year, employing a little more than half the number of rigs it used in 2014. As a result of these new efficiencies, fewer rigs are needed, and in response to this reality, drilling companies have been forced to cut day rates by a third. Article here |
Unconventional Oil & Gas News |
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Dickinson, ND hotels down to 50% capacity from oilfield slowdown A couple years ago, it was difficult to find any room for a night in Dickinson, located just south of the heart of the Bakken. Now, occupancy rates are sitting around 50% as the number of workers in the oil field decline and more workers move to permanent housing. New rooms keep coming on line in the region as well, as projects started when demand was high are just now being completed. As a result, room prices are falling. "Everyone has adjusted rates in accordance to what's happening in our community," said Comfort Inn General Manager Bonnie Goldsberry. Article here |
Environment and Safety News |
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Blowout in Bakken will releases 550 barrels of crude The blowout occurred about 10:30 am Saturday in an XTO well 18 miles southeast of Watford City, North Dakota. An estimated 110 barrels of brine water were released, along with the 550 barrels of crude oil. "it didn't spread too far," said Bill Suess, spill investigations program manager for XTO. "Most of fit went straight up in the air and landed right back down on the well pad." No surface water was affected by the spill and clean up continues at the site. Article here |
Mergers and Acquisitions News |
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Enterprise Products sells offshore assets to Genesis for $1.5 billion |
