New-well oil production per rig barrels/day New-well gas production per rig thousand cubic feet/day Region December 2017 January 2018 change December 2017 January 2018 change Anadarko 382 387 5 2,573 2,590 17 Appalachia 135 136 1 14,411 14,488 77 Bakken 1,366 1,383 17 1,661 1,681 20 Eagle Ford 1,136 1,185 49 4,506 4,732 226 Haynesville 33 33 – 7,998 8,023 25 Niobrara 1,101 1,113 12 4,275 4,290 15 Permian 610 614 4 1,067 1,082 15 Total 621 633 12 3,522 3,488 (34) NOTE: The DPR report no longer contains the Marcellus and Utica regions in the downloadable report data file. These have been replaced by the Appalachia region. 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 […]