In late October 2013, the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced that it would begin the monthly publication of a Drilling Productivity Report on U.S. shale oil and gas production. The new DPR will provide information initially for the six major shale oil and gas fields: the Marcellus, Haynesville, Eagle Ford, Permian, Nobrara, and Bakken basins. According to the EIA, "these six regions accounted for nearly 90% of domestic oil production growth and virtually all domestic natural gas production growth during 2011-12."
Reported data will include rig efficiency, new well productivity, decline rates at previously existing wells, and overall production trends. A copy of the full report is available here. The next report will be issued November 12.
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