August 29, 2022

LOGA digs into the numbers on drilling rigs, prices, and permits to keep a pulse on Louisiana's oil and gas industry.

PRICES

WTI: $96.20 Last Week: $90.25

Louisiana Light Sweet: $96.13 Last Week: $95.85

Henry Hub: $9.51 Last Week: $9.76

RIG COUNTS

Total US: 765 Last Week: 762 Last Month: 758 A Year Ago: 491 Total Louisiana: 66 Last Week: 64 Last Month: 67 A Year Ago: 53

Haynesville Shale: 43 rigs Last Week: 40 Last Month: 43 A Year Ago: 37

By Operator

Southwestern Energy (11 rigs)

Parish: Sabine Contractor: Pinnergy LTD #6 Field: Pleasant Hill Spud Date: 8/24/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #506 Field: Redoak Lake Spud Date: 8/21/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: SWN Drilling Co. #503 Field: Oxford Spud Date: 8/19/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: SWN Drilling Co. #502 Field: Holly Spud Date: 8/19/22 Parish: Red River Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #507 Field: Woodardville Spud Date: 8/15/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #260 Field: Benson Spud Date: 8/15/22

Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Patterson UTI #586 Field: Oxford Spud Date: 8/13/22 Parish: Sabine Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #528 Field: Pleasant Hill Spud Date: 8/13/22 Parish: Sabine Contractor: Patterson UTI #591 Field: Converse Spud Date: 8/12/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #444 Field: Benson Spud Date: 8/1/22 Parish: Sabine Contractor: Nabors Drilling #X41 Field: San Miguel Creek Spud Date: 8/1/22

Paloma (5 rigs) Parish: Caddo Contractor: Independence Drlg #209 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/25/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Independence Drlg #210 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/22/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Independence Drlg #230 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/22/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Independence Drlg #203 Field: Bethany Longstreet Spud Date: 8/19/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Independence Drlg #208 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/19/22 Comstock (4 rigs) Parish: Caddo Contractor: Patterson UTI #269 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/22/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Patterson UTI #279 Field: Holly Spud Date: 8/18/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Patterson UTI #271 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/10/22 Parish: Bienville Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #523 Field: Elm Grove Spud Date: 7/30/22

Chesapeake (4 rigs) Parish: Red River Contractor: Cactus Drilling #141 Field: Redoak Lake Spud Date: 8/17/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Cactus Drilling #149 Field: Brushy Bayou Spud Date: 8/16/22 Parish: Sabine Contractor: Nabors Drilling #B15 Field: Bayou San Miguel Spud Date: 8/11/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Cactus Drilling #165 Field: Johnson Branch Spud Date: 8/8/22 Aethon Energy (4 rigs) Parish: Caddo Contractor: Precision Drlg #614 Field: Elm Grove Spud Date: 8/24/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Precision Drlg #573 Field: Caspiana Spud Date: 8/20/22 Parish: Bienville Contractor: Precision Drlg #584 Field: Woodardville Spud Date: 8/19/22 Parish: Bossier Contractor: Precision Drlg #565 Field: Sligo Spud Date: 8/1/22

Trinity (3 rigs) Parish: Caddo Contractor: Cactus Drilling #150 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/22/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Precision Drlg #616 Field: Longwood Spud Date: 8/19/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Cactus Drilling #158 Field: Longwood Spud Date: 8/7/22 BPX Operating (3 rigs) Parish: Caddo Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #430 Field: Elm Grove Spud Date: 8/25/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Patterson UTI #570 Field: Elm Grove Spud Date: 8/22/22  Parish: Bossier Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #445 Field: Elm Grove Spud Date: 5/20/22

Exco (2 rigs) Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Helmerich & Payne #397 Field: Caspiana Spud Date: 8/23/22 Parish: DeSoto Contractor: Nabors Drilling #X33 Field: Caspiana Spud Date: 7/29/22 Ensight (2 rigs) Parish: Bossier Contractor: Basin Drilling LP #103 Field: Elm Grove Spud Date: 8/15/22 Parish: Red River Contractor: Basin Drilling LP #101 Field: Red River-Bull Bayou Spud Date: 8/10/22

Silver Hill (2 rigs) Parish: Caddo Contractor: Patterson UTI #587 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/9/22 Parish: Caddo Contractor: Nabors Drilling #X35 Field: Greenwood-Waskom Spud Date: 8/8/22 Tellurian (2 rigs) Parish: Red River Contractor: Basin Drilling LP #105 Field: Bracky Branch Spud Date: 8/23/22 Parish: Red River Contractor: Independence Drlg #303 Field: Bracky Branch Spud Date: 8/18/22

Empresa (1 rig) Parish: Bossier Contractor: Big E Drilling #2 Field: Benton Spud Date: 8/26/22 ‌

South Louisiana: 7 rigs Last Week: 6 Last Month: 11 A Year Ago: 2

By Operator

Camex Parish: Acadia Contractor: Guichard Operating #5 Field: Bosco Spud Date: 8/22/22 Fontainebleau Parish: Beauregard Contractor: Energy Drilling #1 Field: Alligator Lake Spud Date: 8/18/22

Boardwalk Parish: Iberville Contractor: RFC Drilling LLC #108 Field: Bayou Choctaw Spud Date: 6/1/22 Plater Sands Parish: Lafourche Contractor: Precision Drlg #50 Field: Lake Bouef Spud Date: 5/30/22

Dunn Parish: Beauregard Contractor: Coastal Drilling #14 Field: Grosse Isle Spud Date: 7/17/22 Square Mile Parish: Jefferson Davis Contractor: Justiss Oil Co #60 Field: Lake Arthur Spud Date: 8/5/22

Hilcorp Parish: Cameron (BARGE) Contractor: Hilcorp Drilling #Timbal Field: Deep Lake Spud Date: 7/3/22 ‌

By Parish

Caddo: 16 DeSoto: 11

Red River: 5 Sabine: 5

Bossier: 4 Bienville: 2

Acadia: 1 Beauregard: 1

Cameron: 1 Iberville: 1

Jefferson Davis: 1 Lafourche: 1

Vermilion: 1 ‌

Offshore: 16 rigs Last Week: 16 Last Month: 13 A Year Ago: 14

PERMITS

Offshore: 1 Operator: Chevron Approval Date: 8/24/22 Depth: 4,954

Land

6 parishes with a permit | 9 total permits

By Operator

Paloma Natural Gas (3) Parish: DeSoto Well: Ha Ra Su86; Labokay 5-13-16 H Field: Bethany Longstreet Permit Date: 8/23/22 Parish: DeSoto Well: Ha Ra Su86; Labokay 5-13-16 H Field: Bethany Longstreet Permit Date: 8/23/22 Parish: DeSoto Well: Ha Ra Su86; Labokay 5&6-13-16 H Field: Bethany Longstreet Permit Date: 8/23/22 Azul Operating (2) Parish: Natchitoches Well: Ha Ra Su53;Walker 7&6-10-10 H Field: Grogan Permit Date: 8/24/22 Parish: Natchitoches Well: Ha Ra Su53;Walker 7&6-10-10 H Field: Grogan Permit Date: 8/24/22

Buffco Production (1) Parish: Claiborne Well: Li TFL Su;Carter Estate 14 Field: Lisbon Permit Date: 8/24/22 King Drilling Co (1) Parish: LaSalle Well: Tremont C Field: Olla Permit Date: 8/24/22

Oxy Low Carbon (1) Parish: Allen Well: YAMS MLR Field: Wildcat-So La Lk Charles Dist Permit Date: 8/24/22 Petro-Chem Operating (1) Parish: Caddo Well: CCMP LLC Field: Caddo Pine Island Permit Date: 8/23/22

By Parish

DeSoto: 3 Natchitoches: 2

Allen: 1 Caddo: 1

Claiborne: 1 LaSalle: 1

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