U.S. Active Drilling Rigs October 2015
| Bakken Total: 69 Montana: 3 North Dakota: 66 South Dakota: 0 |
Rocky Mountain Total: 109 Colorado: 32 New Mexico: 39 Utah: 8 Wyoming: 30 |
Central Plains Total: 127 Arkansas: 7 Kansas: 16 Oklahoma: 104 |
Gulf States Total: 46 Alabama: 3 Louisiana North: 28 Louisiana South: 8 Mississippi: 7 |
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| Texas Total: 367 Texas RRC District 1: 35 District 2: 41 District 3: 22 District 4: 20 District 5: 7 District 6: 17 District 7B: 3 District 7C: 33 District 8: 152 District 8A: 15 District 9: 8 District 10: 14 |
Marcellus Total: 65 Ohio: 24 Pennsylvania: 27 West Virginia: 14 |
*Data from October 9, 2015 RigData Report | ||
Drillers
The top ten drillers, based on footage drilled, remain the same from September’s report to this month’s report. Helmerich & Payne Inc. remain at number one totaling more than 35 million feet – up from 31.5 million from September’s data.
*Data through 10/01/2015
Top 10 Drillers |
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| Rank | Company | Footage Drilled | Well Starts |
| 1 | Helmerich & Payne Inc. | 35,260,702 | 3,061 |
| 2 | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC | 20,885,068 | 1,788 |
| 3 | Nabors Industries, Ltd. | 16,916,952 | 1,782 |
| 4 | Precision Drilling Trust | 7,354,962 | 766 |
| 5 | Ensign Energy Services, Inc. | 6,952,231 | 939 |
| 6 | Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. | 6,290,560 | 586 |
| 7 | Unit Corporation | 6,025,814 | 531 |
| 8 | Trinidad Energy Services Income Trust | 4,990,219 | 491 |
| 9 | Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp. | 3,826,156 | 330 |
| 10 | Cactus Drilling Company, LLC | 3,502,635 | 356 |
Operators
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation rank number one in the United States for operators. Drilling more than 10 million feet, Anadarko accounts for more than 6 percent of the total which is comparable to last month’s data.
*Data through 10/01/2015
Top 10 Operators |
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| Rank | Company | Footage Drilled | Well Starts |
| 1 | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | 10,283,416 | 905 |
| 2 | Chesapeake Energy Corporation | 6,346,098 | 591 |
| 3 | Marathon Oil Corporation | 5,923,156 | 343 |
| 4 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 5,823,217 | 769 |
| 5 | EOG Resources, Inc. | 5,630,639 | 534 |
| 6 | Pioneer Natural Resources Company | 4,453,601 | 295 |
| 7 | ConocoPhillips Company | 4,362,574 | 422 |
| 8 | BHP Billiton, Limited | 3,894,018 | 280 |
| 9 | QEP Resources, Inc. | 3,751,355 | 305 |
| 10 | Continental Resources, Inc. | 3,482,373 | 333 |
Data source rigdata.com
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