New-well oil production per rig barrels/day New-well gas production per rig thousand cubic feet/day Region April 2016 May 2016 change April 2016 May 2016 change Bakken 757 767 10 957 966 9 Eagle Ford 840 852 12 2,829 2,838 9 Haynesville 27 27 – 5,406 5,476 70 Marcellus 65 65 – 10,851 10,987 136 Niobrara 863 885 22 2,544 2,609 65 Permian 458 468 10 838 846 8 Utica 319 331 12 7,036 7,115 79 Rig-weighted average 541 532 (9) 2,690 2,836 146 The Drilling Productivity Report uses recent data on the total number of drilling rigs in operation along with estimates of drilling productivity and estimated changes in production from existing oil and natural gas wells to provide estimated changes in oil and natural gas production for seven key regions. EIA’s approach does not distinguish between oil-directed rigs and gas-directed rigs because once a well is completed it […]