Oil Rigs Declined Slightly, More Expected

A few comments from Steven Kopits of Princeton Energy Advisors LLC on December 14, 2018:

• Oil rigs fell, -4 to 873

• Horizontal oil rigs also declined, -4 to 767

• Breakeven to add rigs fell to around $75 WTI compared to $51.20 WTI on the screen as of the writing of this report.

• The model predicts we could see some big rig roll-offs in the next several weeks. An overall decline around 100 horizontal oil rigs by the end of February is not out of the question.

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CR note: This graph shows the US horizontal rig count by basin.

Graph and comments Courtesy of Steven Kopits of Princeton Energy Advisors LLC.