Sentences with phrase «average rig count»

... For example, if we see a 30 % to 35 % reduction in average rig count, we estimate that raw frac sand demand could decline by as much as 15 % to 20 % from 2014 levels.

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Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

The opportunity arose, I argued, because it seemed to me that the oil environment was finally, in fact, ready to improve — oil stockpiles were finally dropping below 5 - year averages and declining steadily, and rig counts were due to decline as well, after so many months of sub-profitable oil prices.