HAYNESVILLE RIG COUNT BY PARISH/COUNTY AND OPERATOR

THE GHS HAYNESVILLE SHALE RIG TRACKER.  2023

I'll update each week so we can follow the rig count.  I am only counting rigs drilling the Haynesville and Bossier formations.  Many industry rig numbers are for the "Haynesville Area",  however they may defined that, and includes wells drilling other formations.

3/3:   LA - 42, TX - 30: 72

3/10: LA - 42, TX - 24: 66

3/17: LA - 40, TX - 26: 66

3/24: LA - 37, TX - 25: 62

3/31: LA - 41, TX - 25: 66

4/7:   LA - 38, TX - 26: 64

4/14: LA - 39, TX - 22: 61

4/21: LA - 38, TX - 21: 59

4/28: LA - 37, TX - 21: 58

5/5:   LA - 33, TX - 22: 55

5/12: LA - 32, TX - 23: 55

5/19: LA - 27, TX - 24: 51

5/30: LA - 29, TX - 23: 52

6/3:   LA - 28, TX - 22: 50

6/10: LA - 26, TX - 22: 48

6/17: LA - 25, TX - 21: 46

6/24: LA - 25, TX - 21: 46

7/1:   LA - 26, TX - 21: 47

7/8:   LA - 24, TX - 19: 43

7/15: LA - 27, TX - 18: 45

7/22: LA - 26, TX - 19: 45

7/29: LA - 25, TX - 20: 45

8/5:   LA - 25, TX - 22: 47

8/12: LA - 24, TX - 22: 46

8/19: LA - 23, TX - 22: 45

8/26: LA - 23, TX - 21: 44

9/2:   LA - 23, TX - 22: 45

9/9:   LA - 22, TX - 22: 44

9/16: LA - 22, TX - 23: 45

9/23: LA - 22, TX - 23: 45

9/30: LA - 22, TX - 20: 42

10/7: LA - 23, TX - 19: 42

10/14:LA - 24, TX - 20: 44

10/21: LA - 21,TX - 20: 41

10/28: LA - 23,TX - 20: 43

The end of this thread.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 17, 2023 at 8:05

Thanks for the supplement, Rock Man.

Permalink Reply by Rock Man on April 17, 2023 at 8:07

No problem - always willing to kick in key info.

Interesting calculation on the wells in that Robertson / Leon County area - due to high pressure, total footage of all casing run assuming 7500' laterals is around 8.5 to 9 miles.

That is a LOT of steel! And Cement! And Cost!

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 17, 2023 at 8:36

The Bald Prairie wells may have come along at a bad time.  Still only two wells on the weekly report, Comstock and Aethon.  If this was last year, I'd expect a lot more wells in progress.

Permalink Reply by Rock Man on April 17, 2023 at 8:40

Those are the two main players - massive acreage positions.

Gas line hook ups and gathering facility issues have slowed down that play area development.

Gas prices not helping either.

Rumors that there may be a couple of other operators putting together drilling blocks as we speak.

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 22, 2023 at 3:16

4/21:

LA: 38 - DECREASE OF 1.

Bienville: Aethon (1)

Bossier: Aethon (1), BPX (1)

Caddo: Trinity (4), Chesapeake (3), Silver Hill (1), Blue Dome (1), EXCO (2), Paloma (1)

DeSoto: Comstock (2),  EXCO (1), GEPH II (1),SWN (4), Chesapeake (1), Ensight IV (1)

Natchitoches: Azul (1), Tellurian (1)

Red River: SWN (2), BPX (2), Chesapeake (2), Comstock (1), Aethon (1)

Sabine: SWN (2), GEPH II (1)

Webster: 0

TX:  21 - DECREASE OF 1.

Angelina: Aethon (3)

Harrison: Rockcliff (1), Comstock (2), Sponte (1), Sabine (1)

Nacogdoches: Aethon (1)

Panola: Rockcliff (3), Sabine (1), R Lacy (1), Chevron (1), TGNR E TX (1)

Sabine:  C6 (1)

San Augustine: Aethon (3), Pine Wave (1)

Shelby: 0

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 30, 2023 at 3:54

4/28:

LA: 37 - DECREASE OF 1.

Bienville: Aethon (1)

Bossier: Aethon (1), BPX (1)

Caddo: Trinity (3), Chesapeake (3), Silver Hill (1), Blue Dome (1), EXCO (2), Paloma (1)

DeSoto: Comstock (3),  EXCO (1), GEPH II (1),SWN (4), Chesapeake (1), Ensight IV (1)

Natchitoches: Azul (1)

Red River: SWN (2), BPX (2), Chesapeake (2), Comstock (1), Aethon (1)

Sabine: SWN (2), GEPH II (1)

Webster: 0

TX:  21 - NO CHANGE.

Angelina: Aethon (3)

Harrison: Comstock (2), Sponte (1), Sabine (1)

Nacogdoches: Aethon (2)

Panola: Rockcliff (3), Sabine (1), R Lacy (1), Chevron (1), TGNR E TX (1)

Sabine:  C6 (1)

San Augustine: Aethon (3), Pine Wave (1)

Shelby: 0

Permalink Reply by Rock Man on April 30, 2023 at 4:47

Plus four rigs in the Robertson / Leon County deep play between Comstock and Aethon

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 30, 2023 at 4:58

What rig tracker is it that has four, Rock Man?  My Enverus shows three, 1 Comstock in Leon and 1 Comstock and 1 Aethon in Robertson.

Permalink Reply by Rock Man on April 30, 2023 at 7:30

My ENVERUS Site today (just checked again)

Three in Robertson

Comstock with Nabors X37

Aethon with two Scan rigs (Scan Legacy and Scan Explorer)

One in Leon / Comstock with Nabors X07

Wonder if these two drilling contractors are talking to each other about operations - as well as competing?

rigs.pdf

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 30, 2023 at 7:36

I'm not surprised that there are glitches in Enverus's data.  The three rigs I mention are listed in "Intelligence - Locations & Operators: Week 04-30-2023".  I suspect that you got the four from a different Enverus report.

Permalink Reply by Rock Man on April 30, 2023 at 7:47

I gave up trying to understand how ENVERUS is put together a long time ago.

If an ENVERUS person is reading this discussion site, I would recommend that they strive for a little more consistency in what they are putting out there (and charging a lot for).

Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on May 8, 2023 at 7:22

Don't have the 5/5 well specifics yet, Skip?  Looks like you may have listed 4/28 twice.

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