Petroleum & Other Liquids
Drilling Productivity Report
Release Date: December 12, 2016 | Next Release: January 17, 2017 | full report
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Contents
- Bakken
- Eagle Ford
- Haynesville
- Marcellus
- Niobrara
- Permian
- Utica
- Year-over-year summary
- Explanatory notes and sources
- Full report
- DUC supplement
Report data (aggregated by region)
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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | December 2016 | January 2017 | change | December 2016 | January 2017 | change | |
| Bakken | 947 | 967 | 20 | 1,318 | 1,385 | 67 | |
| Eagle Ford | 1,315 | 1,341 | 26 | 3,769 | 3,847 | 78 | |
| Haynesville | 30 | 30 | - | 6,157 | 6,273 | 116 | |
| Marcellus | 69 | 69 | - | 12,305 | 12,468 | 163 | |
| Niobrara | 1,182 | 1,218 | 36 | 3,811 | 3,922 | 111 | |
| Permian | 629 | 634 | 5 | 1,057 | 1,062 | 5 | |
| Utica | 127 | 118 | (9) | 8,581 | 8,638 | 57 | |
| Rig-weighted average | 654 | 664 | 10 | 3,172 | 3,221 | 49 | |
| Oil production thousand barrels/day |
Gas production million cubic feet/day |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | December 2016 | January 2017 | change | December 2016 | January 2017 | change | |
| Bakken | 918 | 905 | (13) | 1,600 | 1,595 | (5) | |
| Eagle Ford | 1,003 | 980 | (23) | 5,612 | 5,449 | (163) | |
| Haynesville | 42 | 42 | - | 5,988 | 6,015 | 27 | |
| Marcellus | 36 | 37 | 1 | 18,304 | 18,464 | 160 | |
| Niobrara | 403 | 406 | 3 | 4,299 | 4,300 | 1 | |
| Permian | 2,089 | 2,126 | 37 | 7,412 | 7,480 | 68 | |
| Utica | 49 | 46 | (3) | 4,205 | 4,205 | - | |
| Total | 4,540 | 4,542 | 2 | 47,420 | 47,508 | 88 | |
| Drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC) wells |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | October 2016 | November 2016 | change | |
| Bakken | 813 | 814 | 1 | |
| Eagle Ford | 1,297 | 1,278 | (19) | |
| Haynesville | 153 | 152 | (1) | |
| Marcellus | 636 | 623 | (13) | |
| Niobrara | 672 | 675 | 3 | |
| Permian | 1,469 | 1,568 | 99 | |
| Utica | 115 | 109 | (6) | |
| Total | 5,155 | 5,219 | 64 | |
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.
While shale resources and production are found in many U.S. regions, at this time EIA is focusing on the seven most prolific areas, which are located in the Lower 48 states. These seven regions accounted for 92% of domestic oil production growth and all domestic natural gas production growth during 2011-14.
