Rig consolidation is back in the headlines this week after a big deal offshore on Monday (Ensco and Rowan merged). Although it’s received less attention, consolidation has picked up in onshore drilling too, with two material deals in the past three months. So this week, we took a look at …
Read More »Private Companies Have Leveraged In-Basin Exposure To Take Frac Sand Market Share [Chart Of The Day]
Cross currents could buffet market share positions in the months ahead as NWS cedes share to local sand. In this update, we take a look at year-over-year changes in market share for the public frac sand producers. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »Three Rig Contractors Drill More Than Half The Laterals You Frac [Charts]
In this week’s rig count update we take a look at who is drilling wells in the US with a market share pie chart and the trend over time. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research …
Read More »A Firsthand Look At Liberty Oilfield Services Taking Eagle Ford Market Share [Boots On The Ground Report]
Liberty Oilfield Services may be the new kid on the pressure pumping block in the Eagle Ford, but they aren’t wasting time making a name for themselves here. Last week, we put boots on the ground in the Eagle Ford, gathering firsthand market intelligence on the local moves Liberty is …
Read More »Four US Land Drillers Own More Than Half The Active Rigs [Market Share Charts]
The US onshore rig market continues to consolidate not because of M&A but thanks to the dominance of horizontal drilling and rig specification escalation. In the four charts below, we share a time series of market share charts for Nabors Industries, Patterson-UTI, Helmerich & Payne and Precision Drilling. There’s a …
Read More »One Year And Five Hundred Rigs Ago, The US Onshore Market Bottomed.
We celebrate the recovery’s one-year anniversary by comparing how this recovery compares to others, revisiting our 2017 rig count forecast, and detailing rig count by region across the US. feature image photo credit: @jasplund91 There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update …
Read More »A Deal Before Year-End: Patterson-UTI Pays Top Dollar For Seventy Seven Energy
Land drilling / pressure pumping hybrids Patterson-UTI and Seventy Seven Energy have agreed to join forces as 2016 draws to a close. Patterson-UTI will purchase Seventy Seven Energy for $1.76bn in an all-stock deal that includes the assumption and repayment of $336mm of net debt. This deal isn’t a bargain, as …
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