Tag Archives: land rigs

After writing about so called “ESG land drilling rigs” several times in recent rig count updates, we had a chance to catch up with a pioneer at the cutting edge of the ESG rig technological push this week. Here’s what we learned… Login to see the full update… To read …

In this week’s US drilling trends update, we shine a spotlight on… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your free trial has expired, renew here. (Current members login here.) Members get Exclusive research update newsletters High-caliber, data-driven analysis and commentary …

Are we there yet? To the bottom of the worst downturn ever? Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your free trial has expired, renew here. (Current members login here.) Members get Exclusive research update newsletters High-caliber, data-driven analysis and commentary …

When (not if) will the leading land drilling contractors make a hard push to be paid under a different model than the entrenched dayrate pricing framework? It’s a question we’ve wondered about for years now as we’ve watched land drilling rigs drill more and more wells per month, benefiting their …

The old Keystone pipeline debate from the past several years doesn’t hold a candle to this one. In fact, the most recent analog we can think of is the 2010 Gulf of Mexico drilling moratorium imposed by the Obama administration in the wake of the Macondo tragedy. Yet even that …

Each week we break apart the North American rig count in new ways that allow readers to dive beneath the week-to-week changes and better understand what the future may hold. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a subscriber. …

Several months ago, land drillers were very positive on the outlook. Since then, the completions industry has guided lower. How long will the land drillers stay positive? Here’s the latest thematic guidance. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be …

We discuss how upstream is reacting to the midstream crisis in the Permian basins. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a subscriber. If your free trial has expired, renew here. (Current members login here.) Subscribers get Exclusive research update newsletters High-caliber, data-driven analysis and …

Previously in our weekly rig count series, we noted that the Permian horiztonal rig count equals eight other large shale plays combined. Today, we extended this thought exercise to spending, dusting off our capex model to see how Permian drilling and completion budgets factor into total US and global E&P …

This is the latest edition of our regular weekly rig count update filled with charts and analysis on North America onshore drilling trends. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a subscriber. If your free trial has expired, renew …