New Regulations For Fracking on Public Lands The Bakken-Three Forks rig count remained flat at 97 rigs running across our coverage area by midday Friday. In recent Bakken news, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized new rules on that will regulate hydraulic oil and gas fracturing on public and tribal lands. The ruling could potentially impact more than 90,000 oil and gas wells and set a precedent for future regulations. Read more: New Fracking Rules for Public Lands The U.S. rig count fell another 21 to 1048 rigs running as of today. A total of 233 rigs were targeting natural gas (down nine from the previous week) and 814 were targeting oil in the U.S. (41 less than the previous week). The remainder were drilling service wells (e.g. disposal wells, injection wells, etc.) 97 rigs are running in the Williston Basin across MT, ND, and SD. 96 are […]