Natural gas-oriented rigs surge 6 to 135 Haynesville, Marcellus counts mostly static Eagle Ford grows 4 to 41 rigs The US oil and gas rig count jumped 7 to 567 in the week ended June 16, Enverus said, as crude demand continued buoyant and pushed prices above $70/b for a solid week. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Natural gas rigs working in domestic fields surged by six to 135, while oil rigs were up one to 431. But the trend of gas gains was not reflected in the gas-weighted fields of the Marcellus Shale, mostly sited in Pennsylvania, where the rig count was unchanged at 35 for the week, or in the Haynesville Shale of East Texas/Northwest Louisiana, where the rig count was down one, leaving 52. The largest change in rig counts came from the Eagle Ford Shale of South […]