Oil vs. Gas Drilling Rigs

Historical Rig Count

Take out the spike in 1982 and it looks like the high active rig count is in the 2500 to 3000 range. Of course we can drill much faster these days, but the horizontal  wells take longer to complete.

Spindletop Field

The field that changed it all for the U.S., salt dome discovery and no RRC!

Interior Secretary Salazar wins court victory on order to act on pending permits

Interior Secretary Salazar wins court victory on order to act on pending permits

Who wants a  Gulf of mexico drilling permit, I do, I do. Well MMS has doubled the number of permits issued in march 2011, from one to Noble to two, to BHP, there must a drilling boom going on out there!

Upstream: Cuba rig delayed « Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

Upstream: Cuba rig delayed « Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE): "Upstream: Cuba rig delayed
February 23, 2011 by offshoreenergy

Scarabeo 9Delivery of a Chinese-built drilling rig that will open the first full-scale exploration for oil in Cuban waters looks unlikely until at least August in the latest delay to beset the project, sources said this week. Upstream"