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Drilling Productivity Report

Release Date:  December 16, 2019  |  Next Release: January 21, 2020  |  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 December 2019 January 2020 change   December 2019 January 2020 change
Anadarko 606 625 19   4,141 4,230 89
Appalachia 161 164 3   18,662 18,740 78
Bakken 1,515 1,553 38   2,235 2,282 47
Eagle Ford 1,432 1,449 17   4,920 4,929 9
Haynesville 27 27 -   10,322 10,366 44
Niobrara 1,210 1,214 4   4,224 4,229 5
Permian 796 798 2    1,558 1,563 5
Rig-weighted average 821 833 12   4,186 4,092 (94)
Oil production
thousand barrels/day
Gas production
million cubic feet/day
Region December 2019 January 2020 change   December 2019 January 2020 change
Anadarko 568 553 (15)   7,655 7,523 (132)
Appalachia 169 171 2   33,506 33,432 (74)
Bakken 1,523 1,526 3   3,115 3,118 3
Eagle Ford 1,366 1,357 (9)   6,844 6,775 (69)
Haynesville 39 39 -   11,962 12,085 123
Niobrara 746 747 1   5,575 5,588 13
Permian 4,694 4,742 48    16,864 17,077 213
Total 9,105 9,135 30   85,521 85,598 77
Drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC)
wells
Region October 2019 November 2019 change  
Anadarko 737 679 (58)  
Appalachia 497 472 (25)  
Bakken 758 760 2  
Eagle Ford 1,421 1,397 (24)  
Haynesville 213 217 (4)  
Niobrara 500 490 (10)   
Permian 3,579 3,559 (20)   
Total 7,705 7,574 (131)  

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






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