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Drilling Productivity Report

Release Date:  March 18, 2019  |  Next Release: April 15, 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 March 2019 April 2019 change   March 2019 April 2019 change
Anadarko 390 396 6   2,836 2,847 11
Appalachia 144 144 -   15,680 15,930 300
Bakken 1,451 1,473 22   1,933 1,942 9
Eagle Ford 1,340 1,342 2   4,894 4,895 1
Haynesville 26 26 -   9,439 9,558 119
Niobrara 1,209 1,222 13   4,127 4,127 -
Permian 611 619 8    1,211 1,221 10
Rig-weighted average 664 678 14   3,692 3,801 109
Oil production
thousand barrels/day
Gas production
million cubic feet/day
Region March 2019 April 2019 change   March 2019 April 2019 change
Anadarko 586 581 (5)   7,674 7,673 (1)
Appalachia 134 138 4   31,149 31,507 358
Bakken 1,441 1,458 17   2,801 2,819 18
Eagle Ford 1,434 1,442 8   6,907 6,941 34
Haynesville 43 43 -   10,341 10,523 182
Niobrara 732 753 21   5,406 5,482 75
Permian 4,137 4,177 40    13,859 14,075 216
Total 8,507 8,592 85   78,137 79,020 883
Drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC)
wells
Region January 2019 February 2019 change  
Anadarko 1,071 1,053 (18)  
Appalachia 521 515 (6)  
Bakken 722 723 1  
Eagle Ford 1,527 1,543 16  
Haynesville 207 211 4  
Niobrara 519 527 8   
Permian 3,916 4,004 88   
Total 8,483 8,576 93  

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