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 …
Read More »Grid-Powered Rigs Set To Gain Steam In The Next US Onshore Upcycle
There’s been a great deal of talk about e-frac fleets for several years, but what about drilling rigs moving to alternative power sources like grid-derived utility provided electricity as their primary power source? This is a trend that started prior to the downturn, and adoption is likely to become more …
Read More »Haynesville Strength Spotlight After Industry Talk Of An Uptick
Talk amongst our Haynesville friends about Louisiana fracs picking up a little steam over the past several weeks inspired this week’s rig count update. 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 …
Read More »Visualizing Lower 48 Drilling Footprint Evolution
In this week’s rig count update, we thought we’d put the spotlight on geo-region shifts in drilling activity as the rig count has undergone a massive compression since year-end 2018. How has the market share of various basins fared during the rig count carnage? Login to see the full update… …
Read More »Interesting Trend Budding In Eagle Ford Data
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 …
Read More »Rig Count Continues Bottoming, So Here’s A Look At A Demand Indicator In The Most Critical Basin Of Them All
+10. Flat. Flat. -2. Those are the weekly changes the US land rig count has posted for the past four weeks. Not bad! A couple weeks ago – after the first two datapoints in the pattern above – we wrote “The Past 2 Weeks Don’t Make A Trend, But 2 …
Read More »The Past 2 Weeks Don’t Make A Trend, But 2 More Will…
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 …
Read More »Where Exactly Are The First Signs Of Life Appearing In Rig Land?
Finally! Rigs are going back to work here and there… 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 New angles …
Read More »Historical Context As The Rig Count Slide Continues
Rig count remains under pressure, slipping AGAIN this week, down five and now threatening to move down into the 220s next week. Here are two… 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 …
Read More »Drilling Market Share Changes From Top To Covid Bottom
This week we take stock of market share evolution in the US onshore drilling business during these crazy Covid times… 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 …
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