Rig Count Falls by One The Bakken-Three Forks rig count fell this week to 79 rigs running across our coverage area by midday Friday. In recent Bakken news, the SEC froze the assets of North Dakota Developments, LLC (“NDD”) and its principles, claiming they defrauded over 980 investors from 66 different countries of $62 million dollars intended to go towards Bakken man camps. Read more: Bakken Man Camps Center of Ponzi-Type Scheme The U.S. rig count fell by six, ending with 888 rigs running by midday Friday. A total of 223 rigs were targeting natural gas (an increase of two from the previous week) and 660 were targeting oil in the U.S. (eight less than the previous week). The remainder were drilling service wells (e.g. disposal wells, injection wells, etc.) 79 rigs are running in the Williston Basin across MT, ND, and SD. 79 are in ND alone. […]