US oil, gas rig count drops by seven to 282, mostly from small plays

摘要

The US oil and gas rig count dropped by seven on the week to 282 with small plays along the Texas Gulf Coast and Kansas accounting for most of the decrease, rig data provider Enverus said Aug. 27. The Gulf Coast rig removals, accounting for three rigs of the weekly decrease for the period ended Aug. 26, came about the same time as Hurricane Laura, which made landfall around southwest Louisiana's refining center early Aug. 27 as a powerful Category 4 storm. But any relationship of the onshore rig count to the offshore storm may be better known next week if the rigs are restored. Another three-rig decrease in recent days came from Salina, a small niche play in Kansas, which in July and early August only had one to four rigs running.