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With 2Q19 in the books, here’s how horizontal drilling trends stacked up during the quarter across the major unconventional basins. Overall the US unconventional rig count was down X% during 2Q19… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

The drilling activity upcycle that began in 2016 started to take a breather in 4Q18. Now 2019 is shaping up to be the first down year in the past three years for rig count. In the 6-slide deck below, you’ll see the story of the current cycle in the context …

When Colorado’s SB-181 legislation passed in April 2019, it injected new uncertainties in the tenuous Colorado energy regulation climate. In our weekly rig count update this week, we discuss the fall-out and then shine the spotlight on the state’s rig count trends at the county level. There’s a lot more …

In an update exactly one year ago titled For The Permian Rig Count, Flat Is The New Up. Calling The Temporary Top we wrote that the rig count had likely peaked in the Permian for the time being. We don’t always get ’em right around here, but this is one …

With 2019 nearly halfway over, we thought it’d be a good time for a US oil production growth status check. And it doesn’t look good for the service industry, although there is a silver lining for rig owners that we see in the data… There’s a lot more to this …

While our recent work on rig count has detected signals from E&P operators that more rig releases are coming, this won’t be a 2H19 pivot but rather the continuation of a now well established trend. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

A Bloomberg news article last week cited our in-depth rig customer analysis shared to Infill Thinking members. So this week, we continue that discussion with an impromptu survey… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

Without further ado, here’s your customer-by-customer mid-year drilling program checkup… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please …

Following our Appalachian oilfield trip last week, we are shining a spotlight on Marcellus / Utica drilling and completions trends in this edition of our regular weekly rig count.   There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our …

Today we look at Precision Drilling’s recent earnings call and annual shareholders’ meeting commentary for highlights from their outlook on the Canadian drilling market. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a …