The number of drilling rigs in the United States practically ceased to decline. This is evidenced by oilfield services company Baker Hughes over the past week: number of units dropped only two units, and both of these rigs were gas.
Oil rigs were not decommissioned a single one. However, it is impossible, of course, to say that they were very much – only 318 units. But such a situation is only the second time in the last many months.
It seems that the American kancevica, who seemed to have already put on a cross, once again began to raise its head. Of the company against the background of growing oil prices, say they are willing to soon resume drilling, previously frozen.
In particular, if oil prices still cross the mark of 50 dollars per barrel, the shale industry will again start to get money and will be able to Finance new drilling projects, analysts say. Moreover, the heads of U.S. oil companies say that the industry will fairly quickly be able to restore previous volumes of production.
General Director of Halliburton oilfield services Dave Lesar even believes that the number of drilling rigs in the second half of 2016 will begin to increase. Recently, Pioneer Natural Resources announced that it is again stepping up its installation, if the price of oil exceeds $ 50 per barrel.
And Whiting Petroleum, a leader in crude oil production in North Dakota, intends to hold 44 of the hydraulic fracturing operations in the near future, and even a month ago, the company have never dreamed. Service giant Baker Hughes is waiting for the influx of customers, since, in the opinion of the CEO, Martin Craighead, will soon gidrorazryva will begin to produce hundreds of wells.
Meanwhile, as recently as in mid-April, US Department of energy has issued a forecast that oil production at key shale deposits in North America in the near future will continue to decline. According to experts, the total volume of production at the fields that are in the seven key us shale formations (Bakken, Eagle Ford, Niobrara, Marcellus, Permian, Utica, Haynesville), in may will be reduced by 114 thousand barrels per day compared with April.
