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15/04/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 15/04/2024 15:34

Drilling Productivity Report

Anadarko 716 717 1 4,806 4,840 34
Appalachia 239 240 1 28,006 28,188 182
Bakken 1,734 1,743 9 2,638 2,651 13
Eagle Ford 1,650 1,655 5 6,049 6,055 6
Haynesville 15 15 - 13,598 13,625 27
Niobrara 1,494 1,496 2 4,568 4,622 54
Permian 1,372 1,386 14 2,524 2,535 11
Rig-weighted average 1,180 1,201 21 6,008 5,954 (54)
Anadarko 385 385 - 6,534 6,518 (16)
Appalachia 153 152 (1) 36,199 36,062 (137)
Bakken 1,245 1,249 4 3,401 3,418 17
Eagle Ford 1,159 1,164 5 7,366 7,337 (29)
Haynesville 35 35 - 16,219 15,997 (222)
Niobrara 715 711 (4) 5,380 5,369 (11)
Permian 6,155 6,167 12 25,103 25,243 140
Total 9,847 9,863 16 100,202 99,944 (258)
Anadarko 701 703 2
Appalachia 813 820 7
Bakken 324 328 4
Eagle Ford 354 352 (2)
Haynesville 778 784 6
Niobrara 661 649 (12)
Permian 882 886 4
Total 4,513 4,522 9

The Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) rig productivity metric new-well oil/natural gas production per rig can become unstable during periods of rapid decreases or increases in the number of active rigs and well completions. The metric uses a fixed ratio of estimated total production from new wells divided by the region's monthly rig count, lagged by two months. The metric does not represent new-well oil/natural gas production per newly completed well.

The DPR metric legacy oil/natural gas production change can become unstable during periods of rapid decreases or increases in the volume of well production curtailments or shut-ins. This effect has been observed during winter weather freeze-offs, extreme flooding events, and the 2020 global oil demand contraction. The DPR methodology involves applying smoothing techniques to most of the data series because of inherent noise in the data.

February 2024 Supplement : Initial 180-Day Production Trends in Major U.S. Shale Regions.

September 2021 Supplement: Gas-to-oil ratios in U.S. primary oil-producing regions.

January 2021 Supplement: Base production in North Dakota has fully recovered after a significant reduction.September 2020 Supplement< /a>: With low rig counts, the inventory of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells provides short-term reserve for completions of new wells.August 2020 Supplement : Rig counts fall but new-well production per rig rise as new-well production persists.

March 2020 Supplemen t: Base production accounts for a material share of total U.S. tight oil production.