In last weeks blog post, we looked at the top 10 companies that drilled the most wells year over year by the number of wells. You can see that post here.
Drilling activity over the last 12 months vs the prior 12 months is down significantly. In this blog post we are going to look at the top 10 companies that have increased their drilling by the percentage increase.
According to data from XI Technologies AssetBook, over the last 12 months there have been 3,273 wells drilled versus the prior 12 months where 5,671 wells were drilled. This is a difference of 2,398 wells or -40%.
There were also 360 companies that have drilled at least 1 well over the last 2 years. In the last 12 months, 181 companies drilled at least 1 well and on average, each company would have drilled 12 wells. In the prior 12 months there were 247 companies that drilled at least 1 wells and on average each of these companies would have drilled 23 wells each.
There is a handful of companies that actually increase their drilling activity. In total, there were only 39 of the total 360 companies that increased their drilling in the last 12 months versus the prior 12 months.
Below you will see the top 10 companies that have increased their drilling year over year on percentage basis:
| Company | Last 12 Months | Prior 12 Months | % Difference |
| PACIFIC CANBRIAM ENERGY LIMITED | 20 | 2 | 875% |
| SABRE ENERGY LTD | 5 | 1 | 621% |
| SPARTAN DELTA CORP | 7 | 1 | 600% |
| NORTH AMERICAN HELIUM INC | 11 | 2 | 450% |
| MANCAL ENERGY INC | 20 | 2 | 450% |
| CREW ENERGY INC | 29 | 18 | 308% |
| YOHO RESOURCES INC | 4 | 1 | 300% |
| DEEP EARTH ENERGY PRODUCTION CORP | 4 | 1 | 300% |
| KNOWLEDGE ENERGY INC* | 2 | 1 | 275% |
| GRIZZLY RESOURCES LTD | 13 | 4 | 217% |
Here are some stats on the 39 companies that increased their drilling year over year:
- The average percent increase in wells drilled for the 39 companies is 173% more wells
- These companies drilled 648 wells in the last 12 months compared to 412 wells in the prior 12 months
- Each company drilled 18 wells over the last 12 months versus 11 wells in the prior 12 months
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