U.S. Oil And Gas Rig Counts Decline For Second Consecutive Month

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Oil · 01 July, 2023

U.S. Oil And Gas Rig Counts Decline For Second Consecutive Month

The total rig count in the United States has dropped to 674 this week, which is 76 rigs fewer than this time last year and 401 fewer than the count at the beginning of 2019, before the pandemic.

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- The total rig count in the United States has dropped to 674 this week, which is 76 rigs fewer than this time last year and 401 fewer than the count at the beginning of 2019, before the pandemic.

- The number of oil rigs decreased by one this week to 545, and the number of gas rigs dropped by six to 124, marking the fewest number of active gas rigs since February 2022.

- Despite the overall decrease, the frac spread count, an estimate of crews completing unfinished wells, has increased for the third consecutive week, while crude oil production levels remained steady at 12.2 million bpd.


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The total rig count in the United States has dropped to 674 this week, which is 76 rigs fewer than this time last year and 401 fewer than the count at the beginning of 2019, before the pandemic.

The number of oil rigs decreased by one this week to 545, and the number of gas rigs dropped by six to 124, marking the fewest number of active gas rigs since February 2022.

Despite the overall decrease, the frac spread count, an estimate of crews completing unfinished wells, has increased for the third consecutive week, while crude oil production levels remained steady at 12.2 million bpd.


Primary Vision’s Frac Spread Count, an estimate of the number of crews completing unfinished wells (which is cheaper than drilling new wells), rose for a third week in a row--by 9 in the week ending June 23, to 277. The frac spread count is 12 behind where it was this time last year.


Crude oil production levels in the United States stayed at 12.2 million bpd in the week ending June 23, according to the latest weekly EIA estimates, on par with January levels. U.S. production levels are now up just 100,000 bpd versus a year ago.

At 12:26 p.m. ET on Friday, the WTI benchmark was trading up $0.96 (+1.37%) on the day at $70.82—up about $2 per barrel from this time last week. The Brent benchmark was trading up $0.62 (+0.83%) at $74.96 per barrel on the day—up $1.50 from a week ago.


By Julianne Geiger / Jun 30, 2023