Industry at a Glance
Despite OPEC’s nine-month, output cut extension, the cartel’s control over global crude markets continued to wane, with record-high Russian production and increased U.S. supply offsetting the cutbacks. Although reduced oil imports to the U.S. have drawn inventory down by 26 MMbbl since March, stockpiled product remained 100 MMbbl above the five-year average. The unrelenting supply and storage excess put downward pressure on benchmarks, and prices declined for five straight weeks, averaging $46.15/bbl in June, 6.6% less than in May. In the U.S., drillers added rigs for a 23rd straight week, the longest stretch in three decades, pushing the average tally up to 929 in June. Onshore activity increased the DUC backlog by 176 wells, with 71% of the increase occurring in the Permian basin. International activity was down 12 rigs, averaging 1,050 active units in May.
U.S. GAS PRICES ($/MCF) AND PRODUCTION (BCFD) GRAPH
U.S. ROTARY DRILLING RIGS GRAPH
U.S. ROTARY DRILLING RIGS TABLE
U.S. DRILLED BUT UNCOMPLETED WELLS
U.S. OIL PRODUCTION TABLE
WORLD CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION, TOP THREE PRODUCERS
WORLD OIL PRODUCTION TABLE
SELECTED WORLD OIL PRICES GRAPH
INTERNATIONAL ROTARY RIG GRAPH
INTERNATIONAL ROTARY RIG TABLE
INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE RIGS TABLE
- Applying ultra-deep LWD resistivity technology successfully in a SAGD operation (May 2019)
- Adoption of wireless intelligent completions advances (May 2019)
- Majors double down as takeaway crunch eases (April 2019)
- What’s new in well logging and formation evaluation (April 2019)
- Qualification of a 20,000-psi subsea BOP: A collaborative approach (February 2019)
- ConocoPhillips’ Greg Leveille sees rapid trajectory of technical advancement continuing (February 2019)