Barnett Shale

U.S., Barnett active rigs decline

Active U.S. rigs were down 16 this week to 1,968, according to Houston-based Baker Hughes. There were 1,313 rigs were exploring for oil, down one, and 652 for natural gas, down 11. Three were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago there were 1,738 active rigs.

In North Texas’ Barnett Shale, there were 49 active rigs, down seven, according to RigData. Leading counties were Tarrant, with 11; Parker and Wise, seven each; Johnson, six; and Jack, five.

-- Jim Fuquay

 

Barnett Shale Rig Reports !

For the complete Barnett Shale junkie, here's an archive of the Star-Telegram's weekly Barnett Shale Rig Reports dating to when we started publishing them in mid-2007. We'll update this archive every week with the new Rig Report.

Click on the links below to see the full reports:

Rig Reports -- 2009

Rig Reports -- 2008

Rig Reports -- 2007

-- Scott Nishimura