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December 2017 Active Drilling Rigs

December 2017 Active Drilling Rigs

Bakken Total: 49
Montana: 2
North Dakota: 47
Rocky Mountain Total: 143
Colorado: 36
New Mexico: 70
Utah: 12
Wyoming: 25
Central Plains Total: 122
Arkansas: 0
Kansas: 0
Oklahoma: 122
Gulf States Total: 66 
Alabama: 1
Louisiana North: 39
Louisiana South (land & offshore): 23
Mississippi: 3
Texas Total: 452
Texas RRC
District 1: 29
District 2: 30
District 3: 15
District 4: 15
District 5: 6
District 6: 16
District 7B: 2
District 7C: 33
District 8: 274
District 8A: 20
District 9: 1
District 10: 11
Marcellus Total: 73
Ohio: 30
Pennsylvania: 31
West Virginia: 12

*Data from December 1, 2017 Baker Hughes Report, and from www.boereport.com.

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