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Drilling Productivity Report

Release Date: August 14, 2023 Next Release Date: September 18, 2023 full reportPDF
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New-well oil production per rig
barrels/day		 New-well gas production per rig
thousand cubic feet/day
Region August 2023 September 2023 change August 2023 September 2023 change
Anadarko 686 693 7 4,132 4,235 103
Appalachia 193 193 - 23,734 23,770 36
Bakken 1,686 1,694 8 2,618 2,639 21
Eagle Ford 1,439 1,453 14 5,896 5,955 59
Haynesville 19 19 - 11,484 11,541 57
Niobrara 1,437 1,444 7 4,014 4,074 60
Permian 1,073 1,079 6 2,059 2,067 8
Rig-weighted average 970 981 11 5,260 5,264 4
Oil production
thousand barrels/day 		Gas production
million cubic feet/day
Region August 2023 September 2023 change August 2023 September 2023 change
Anadarko 436 434 (2) 6,661 6,600 (61)
Appalachia 159 158 (1) 35,770 35,748 (22)
Bakken 1,206 1,210 4 3,281 3,304 23
Eagle Ford 1,120 1,109 (11) 7,537 7,496 (41)
Haynesville 36 36 - 16,432 16,339 (93)
Niobrara 666 669 3 5,096 5,108 12
Permian 5,812 5,799 (13) 23,632 23,667 35
Total 9,435 9,415 (20) 98,409 98,262 (147)
Drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC)
wells
Region June 2023 July 2023 change
Anadarko 739 739 -
Appalachia 716 710 (6)
Bakken 510 500 (10)
Eagle Ford 480 480 -
Haynesville 774 786 12
Niobrara 717 716 (1)
Permian 856 856 -
Total 4,792 4,787 (5)

NOTE: The Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) rig productivity metric new-well oil/natural gas production per rig can become unstable during periods of rapid decreases or increases in the number of active rigs and well completions. The metric uses a fixed ratio of estimated total production from new wells divided by the region's monthly rig count, lagged by two months. The metric does not represent new-well oil/natural gas production per newly completed well.

The DPR metric legacy oil/natural gas production change can become unstable during periods of rapid decreases or increases in the volume of well production curtailments or shut-ins. This effect has been observed during winter weather freeze-offs, extreme flooding events, and the 2020 global oil demand contraction. The DPR methodology involves applying smoothing techniques to most of the data series because of inherent noise in the data.

September 2021 Supplement: Gas-to-oil ratios in U.S. primary oil-producing regions.
January 2021 Supplement: Base production in North Dakota has fully recovered after a significant reduction.
September 2020 Supplement: With low rig counts, the inventory of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells provides short-term reserve for completions of new wells.
August 2020 Supplement: Rig counts fall but new-well production per rig rise as new-well production persists.
March 2020 Supplement: Base production accounts for a material share of total U.S. tight oil production.

key tight oil and shale gas regions