Western Oklahoma Rig Count Climbs as Permian Also Adds Rigs
Western Oklahoma added rigs in the latest Baker Hughes Rig Count, with 48 rigs now drilling across the region’s oil and gas plays, according to Oklahoma Energy Today. The Cana Woodford picked up one rig from a week earlier to reach 20 active rigs, while the Granite Wash sits one rig behind at 19, unchanged from the prior week. The Ardmore Woodford held steady at 2 rigs and the Arkoma Woodford was unchanged at one rig. The Mississippi Lime play continued to show no reported drilling activity.
Nationally, Baker Hughes reported the Permian Basin, spanning southeast New Mexico and West Texas, gained 3 rigs to reach 261 total. The Williston Basin gave up one rig to fall to 27, while the Haynesville held at 55 rigs and the Eagle Ford in South Texas stayed at 44. The D-J Niobrara in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming remained at 9 active rigs, the Marcellus stayed at 24, and the Utica held at 12, both unchanged from the previous week.
What It Means for Subcontractors
- Oklahoma’s Cana Woodford and Granite Wash gains signal continued wellsite construction, trucking, and completions work for western Oklahoma field service contractors even as national rig counts hold mostly flat elsewhere.
- The Permian’s three-rig gain to 261 total reinforces West Texas and New Mexico as the most active bidding market for drilling-adjacent subcontractors right now.
- With most other basins flat week-over-week, contractors should treat the Oklahoma and Permian gains as the clearest near-term demand signals rather than expecting broad-based growth across all plays.
