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US drillers add oil and gas rigs for third time in four weeks – Baker Hughes

February 9, 202411:04 AM Reuters0 Comments

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the third time in four weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by 4 to 623 in the week to Feb. 9, its highest since mid-December.

The U.S. oil and gas rig count dropped about 20% in 2023 after rising by 33% in 2022 and 67% in 2021, due to a decline in oil and gas prices, higher labor and equipment costs from soaring inflation and as companies focused more on paying down debt and boosting shareholder returns instead of raising output.

Despite this week’s rig increase, Baker Hughes said the total count was still down 138 rigs, or 18%, below this time last year.

Baker Hughes said U.S. oil rigs held steady at 499 this week, while gas rigs rose by 4 to 121, their highest since September.

U.S. oil futures were up about 7% so far in 2024 after dropping by 11% in 2023. U.S. gas futures, meanwhile, were down about 27% so far in 2024 after plunging by 44% in 2023.

Seventeen of the independent exploration and production (E&P) companies tracked by U.S. financial services firm TD Cowen said they planned to cut spending by around 2% in 2024 versus 2023.

In 2023, 25 of the E&Ps TD Cowen tracks said they planned to raise spending by around 27% versus the prior year after boosting spending about 40% in 2022 and 4% in 2021.

Despite lower prices, spending and rig counts, U.S. oil and gas output was still on track to hit record highs in 2024 and 2025 due to efficiency gains and as firms complete work on already drilled wells.

The total number of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells remaining dropped to a record low of 4,374 in December, according to federal energy data going back to December 2013.

(Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Aurora Ellis)

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