U.S. Active Drilling Rigs January 2016
| Bakken Total: 49 Montana: 0 North Dakota: 49 South Dakota: 0 |
Rocky Mountain Total: 75 Colorado: 22 New Mexico: 34 Utah: 3 Wyoming: 16 |
Central Plains Total: 94 Arkansas: 0 Kansas: 11 Oklahoma: 83 |
Gulf States Total: 39 Alabama: 0 Louisiana North: 26 Louisiana South: 8 Mississippi: 5 |
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| Texas Total: 305 Texas RRC District 1: 34 District 2: 33 District 3: 18 District 4: 9 District 5: 3 District 6: 16 District 7B: 5 District 7C: 30 District 8: 133 District 8A: 12 District 9: 3 District 10: 9 |
Marcellus Total: 51 Ohio: 14 Pennsylvania: 25 West Virginia: 12 |
*Data from January 8, 2016 RigData Report | ||
Drillers
More wells were started by the top ten drillers in this month’s report compared to the previous month. (A total of 905 more wells, going from 12,540 to 13,445 well starts.)
*Data through 01/01/2016
Top 10 Drillers |
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| Rank | Company | Footage Drilled | Well Starts |
| 1 | Helmerich & Payne, Inc | 45,227,457 | 3,898 |
| 2 | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC | 26,653,597 | 2,257 |
| 3 | Nabors Industries, Ltd. | 22,606,285 | 2,282 |
| 4 | Ensign Energy Services, Inc. | 9,127,513 | 1,183 |
| 5 | Precision Drilling Trust | 9,036,612 | 909 |
| 6 | Unit Corporation | 7,997,066 | 702 |
| 7 | Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. | 7,784,325 | 705 |
| 8 | Trinidad Energy Services Income Trust | 6,472,238 | 615 |
| 9 | Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp | 4,902,672 | 404 |
| 10 | Cactus Drilling Company, LLC | 4,784,639 | 490 |
Operators
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Marathon Oil Corporation remain as the top two operators, drilling a combined almost 20 million feet and almost 1,500 well starts.
*Data through 01/01/2016
Top 10 Operators |
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| Rank | Company | Footage Drilled | Well Starts |
| 1 | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | 12,111,066 | 1,053 |
| 2 | Marathon Oil Corporation | 7,817,560 | 443 |
| 3 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 7,677,950 | 928 |
| 4 | Chesapeake Energy Corporation | 7,372,143 | 681 |
| 5 | EOG Resources, Inc. | 7,116,109 | 653 |
| 6 | Pioneer Natural Resources Company | 6,529,928 | 442 |
| 7 | ConocoPhillips Company | 5,811,178 | 542 |
| 8 | QEP Resources, Inc. | 5,001,547 | 408 |
| 9 | Continental Resources, Inc. | 4,903,144 | 452 |
| 10 | BHP Billiton, Limited | 4,669,518 | 336 |
Data source rigdata.com
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