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Drilling Productivity Report

Release Date:  January 22, 2019  |  Next Release: February 19, 2019  |  full report

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DUC data (aggregated by region)



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New-well oil production per rig
barrels/day
New-well gas production per rig
thousand cubic feet/day
Region January 2019 February 2019 change   January 2019 February 2019 change
Anadarko 386 386 -   2,823 2,823 -
Appalachia 147 147 -   15,000 15,300 300
Bakken 1,460 1,447 (13)   1,897 1,897 -
Eagle Ford 1,348 1,336 (12)   5,498 5,535 37
Haynesville 26 27 1   9,054 9,194 140
Niobrara 1,179 1,180 1   4,313 4,300 (13)
Permian 555 555 -    1,187 1,187 -
Rig-weighted average 628 632 4   3,576 3,629 53
Oil production
thousand barrels/day
Gas production
million cubic feet/day
Region January 2019 February 2019 change   January 2019 February 2019 change
Anadarko 582 586 4   7,668 7,741 73
Appalachia 156 159 3   31,337 31,569 232
Bakken 1,409 1,418 9   2,594 2,606 12
Eagle Ford 1,427 1,438 11   7,046 7,144 98
Haynesville 43 43 -   9,923 10,072 149
Niobrara 669 681 12   5,177 5,241 64
Permian 3,831 3,854 23    12,968 13,184 221
Total 8,117 8,179 62   76,708 77,557 849
Drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC)
wells
Region November 2018 December 2018 change  
Anadarko 1,070 1,077 7  
Appalachia 556 529 (27)  
Bakken 742 731 (11)  
Eagle Ford 1,520 1,561 41  
Haynesville 187 193 6  
Niobrara 458 455 (3)   
Permian 3,843 4,048 205   
Total 8,376 8,594 218  

NOTE:
Productivity estimates may overstate actual production which could be limited by logistical constraints.

 

The Drilling Productivity Report uses recent data on the total number of drilling rigs in operation along with estimates of drilling productivity and estimated changes in production from existing oil and natural gas wells to provide estimated changes in oil and natural gas production for seven key regions. EIA's approach does not distinguish between oil-directed rigs and gas-directed rigs because once a well is completed it may produce both oil and gas; more than half of the wells produce both.

key tight oil and shale gas regions