WEEKLY AND MONTHLY
OIL AND GAS STATISTICS
6-1-2017
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OIL AND GAS WELL PERMITS FOR WELLS DRILLED
DIRECTIONALLY AND HORIZONTALLY FROM COMMON
WELL PADS IN COLORADO
Number of Applications For Permits To Drill
6-1-2017
9,000
7,500
6,000
4,500
3,000
1,500
0
Total APDS
APDs For Directional Wells From Common Well Pads
Horizontal
HISTORIC ANNUAL COLORADO
DRILLING PERMITS
6-1-2017
Number of Drilling Permits
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
NUMBER OF 2016 DRILLING PERMITS,
ALL COLORADO COUNTIES
Number of 2016 Drilling Permits
2,835 drilling permits have been approved in 22 of Colorado's 64 Counties
1-1-2017
1,800
1,704
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
724
600
400
200
0
71
96
74
57
28
19
62
NUMBER OF 2017 DRILLING PERMITS,
ALL COLORADO COUNTIES
Number of 2017 Drilling Permits
1,565 drilling permits have been approved in 18 of Colorado's 64 Counties
1,200
1043
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
164
110
81
54
31
82
COLORADO MONTHLY APPROVED DRILLING PERMITS
6-1-2017
Number of Approved Drilling Permits by Month
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
RECENT COLORADO OIL AND GAS WELL PERMITS
6-1-2017
TOTAL DRILLING RIGS RUNNING IN
COLORADO 2003-2017
Based on Data: (1) through 4-30-2003, PI/Dwights Drilling Wire
(2) after 4-30-2003, Anderson Reports Weekly Rig Status Report
Weekly Number of Rigs
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
DRILLING RIGS RUNNING IN COLORADO
BY COUNTY EACH WEEK IN 2016
Based on Data in Anderson Reports Weekly Rig Status Report
Weekly Active Rigs
30
20
10
0
WELD
GARFIELD
OTHER
YUMA
MESA
LA PLATA
RIO BLANCO
DRILLING RIGS RUNNING IN COLORADO
BY COUNTY EACH WEEK IN 2017
Based on Data in Anderson Reports Weekly Rig Status Report
Weekly Active Rigs
40
30
20
10
0
WELD
GARFIELD
OTHER
YUMA
MESA
LA PLATA
RIO BLANCO
COLORADO MONTHLY ACTIVE WELL COUNT
6-1-2017
Number of Active Wells
57,500
52,500
47,500
42,500
37,500
32,500
27,500
22,500
54,369
NUMBER OF ACTIVE COLORADO OIL AND GAS WELLS BY COUNTY
87% of Colorado's 54,369 active wells are located in these 6 counties
6-1-2017
28,000
Number of Active Wells
24,000
23,301
20,000
16,000
12,000
11,248
6,803
8,000
4,000
0
3,877
3,319
2,935
2,886
ACTIVE OIL AND GAS WELLS – ALL COLORADO COUNTIES
6-1-2017
25,000
23,301
20,000
15,000
11,248
10,000
5,000
3,877
3,319
2,935
2,886
1,927
1,091
0
957
572
460
418
311
305
273
272
217
COLORADO NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 1995-2016
BILLION CUBIC FEET OF GAS PER DAY
6-7-2017
5.0
4.6
Annual Gas Production (bcf/day)
4.5
4.3
4.1
4.0
3.7
3.4
3.5
3.2
3.0
3.0
2.8
2.6
2.5
2.2
1.9 2.0
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
1.8
1.5
1.6
2.3
4.7 4.7
4.7 4.6
4.4 4.5
COLORADO OIL PRODUCTION:
1995-2016 IN THOUSAND BARRELS PER DAY
6-7-2017
344
350
318
Oil Production ('000 bbl/day)
300
259
250
200
178
135
150
89
100
78
50
0
70
67
61
53
54
55
56
59
62
64
66
69
79
82
107
COLORADO OIL AND GAS 2016
DRILLING PERMITS BY COUNTY
as of 6-1-2017
JACKSON, 57 , 2%
RIO BLANCO, 71 , 2%
All Others, 109 , 4%
ADAMS, 74 , 3%
LA PLATA, 96 , 3%
GARFIELD, 724 , 26%
WELD, 1,704 , 60%
COLORADO OIL AND GAS 2017
DRILLING PERMITS BY COUNTY
as of 6-1-2017
JACKSON, 31 , 2%
All Others, 82 , 5%
ADAMS, 54 , 3%
RIO BLANCO, 81 , 5%
MESA, 110 , 7%
GARFIELD, 164 , 11%
WELD, 1,043 , 67%