January 11, 2019
January 11
The School of Energy Resources features information about the energy industry on a
weekly basis. Here is a recap of this week's stories.
Baker Hughes Rig Counts
Baker Hughes reports the following rig counts.
- U.S. rig count is unchanged from last week at 1,075 rigs, with oil rigs down 4 to
873 and gas rigs up 4 to 202.
- U.S. rig count is up 136 rigs from last year's count of 939.
- Wyoming rig count remains steady at 33.
- Colorado's count stays at 35.
- New Mexico added 2 rigs at 107.
- Texas decreased by 2 rigs to 532
Opening Prices from Bloomberg Energy on January 11
- West Texas Intermediate (WTI) opened at $52.28 up from last week's price of $47.96
- Brent Crude shows a $4.13 increase from $57.06 last week to $61.19 this week
- Natural gas declined slightly from $3.05 to $3.00 this week
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Wyoming Public Media
Casper Star Tribune
AP News
- New Wyoming governor: Keep fighting for coal exports
KULR8 News