Gas-Only Rigs Becoming a Dying Breed, EIA Says

摘要

Because the number of wells drilled in the United States that produce both oil and natural gas has increased sharply since 2007, natural gas production can rise even as the number of rigs characterized as drilling solely for natural gas falls, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday. “In the past, the number of gas-oriented drilling rigs in a particular region has been a common metric for estimating the production of natural gas. However, technological advances have led the way to the widespread use of new oil and natural gas extraction techniques that have opened up a hydrocarbon resource base dramatically larger than previous estimates,” EIA said.