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Drilling Productivity Report

Release Date:  October 15, 2019  |  Next Release: November 18, 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 October 2019 November 2019 change   October 2019 November 2019 change
Anadarko 483 492 9   3,025 3,051 26
Appalachia 150 152 2   18,440 18,493 53
Bakken 1,491 1,519 28   2,218 2,277 59
Eagle Ford 1,375 1,383 8   4,904 4,917 13
Haynesville 26 26 -   10,155 10,178 23
Niobrara 1,234 1,239 5   4,186 4,192 6
Permian 783 794 11    1,450 1,465 15
Rig-weighted average 784 802 18   4,140 4,144 4
Oil production
thousand barrels/day
Gas production
million cubic feet/day
Region October 2019 November 2019 change   October 2019 November 2019 change
Anadarko 554 541 (13)   7,467 7,336 (131)
Appalachia 159 162 3   33,167 33,299 132
Bakken 1,477 1,488 11   3,042 3,054 12
Eagle Ford 1,378 1,366 (12)   6,891 6,853 (38)
Haynesville 41 41 -   11,705 11,815 110
Niobrara 757 763 6   5,555 5,579 24
Permian 4,547 4,610 63    15,866 16,076 210
Total 8,913 8,971 58   83,693 84,012 319
Drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC)
wells
Region August 2019 September 2019 change  
Anadarko 885 826 (59)  
Appalachia 520 504 (16)  
Bakken 696 675 (21)  
Eagle Ford 1,468 1,444 (24)  
Haynesville 185 180 (5)  
Niobrara 475 443 (32)   
Permian 3,717 3,668 (49)   
Total 7,946 7,740 (206)  

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