Patterson-UTI

Each month MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica turns around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Patterson’s rig count kept sinking month by month until June 2016 when things finally turned around. Since last June, Patterson has reactived and began running new rigs (a higher rig count) in each successive month. In April, Patterson completed a merger/buyout of Seventy Seven Energy, the new name for the former Chesapeake Oilfield Operating company (see Patterson-UTI Energy Completes Merger with Seventy Seven Energy). Yesterday Patterson issued its second quarter 2017 update–the first mostly-full quarter of operation since acquiring the sinking SSE. The company lost $92.2 million in 2Q17, versus losing $85.9 million in 2Q16. That’s not so hot. However, even after acquiring SSE, Patterson “only” lost $156 million for the first six months of 2017, verses losing the same amount last year. So at least they aren’t slipping any further into the hole. The one that that caught our eye in reading a transcript of a conference call held yesterday is that Patterson is upgrading and moving seven rigs out of the Marcellus/Utica region to West Texas–to use them for oil drilling. There’s still plenty of rigs left in our region, but still, it indicates where Patterson’s priorities lie–in the super hot drilling of the Permian Basin…
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As we do every month (and have for more than two years), MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for rig count health in general and rig count health in the Marcellus/Utica in particular. Patterson recently bought out and merged in Seventy Seven Energy (see Patterson-UTI Energy Completes Merger with Seventy Seven Energy). The addition of SSE’s rigs served to rocket up Patterson’s rig count number in April and May (see Patterson-UTI Rig Count Continues to Rocket Skyward – 159 in May). With the SSE now fully absorbed into Patterson, the rig count number has settled down. In June, Patterson’s count went up by a single new rig in North America, to 160. That is the 13th month in a row Patterson’s rig count has gone up–an astonishing run…
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As we do every month, MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Patterson was our “canary down the mine shaft” for discerning when the deep, dark recession in drilling would turn around. It happened in June 2016–and every single month since that time, including the month of March. In fact, Patterson’s March rig count jumped by 10, to an average of 88 active rigs operating in the U.S. That’s the biggest single monthly increase since they began adding rigs again last June…
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As we do every month, MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Patterson was our “canary down the mine shaft” for discerning when the deep, dark recession in drilling would turn around. It happened in June 2016–and every single month since that time, including the month of February, Patterson’s active rig count has increased. In February, Patterson’s rig count hit 78, up 2 from 76 in January…
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Each month MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Patterson’s rig count kept sinking month by month until June 2016 when things turned around. Since last June, Patterson has reactived and began running new rigs (higher rig count) in each successive month. Just last week Patterson released their numbers for January and once again it was good news (see Patterson-UTI Jan Rig Count – Continues to Climb). However, financially speaking it’s not all butterflies and unicorns for Patterson. Yesterday the company released its fourth quarter and full year 2016 numbers. Patterson lost $78 million in 4Q16 (compared with losing $59 million in 4Q15), and lost $319 million for all of 2016 (vs. losing $294 million for all of 2015). Looming on the horizon is Patterson’s buyout of, and merger in, of Seventy Seven Energy (see Seventy Seven Energy Throws in the Towel, Sells to Paterson-UTI). Seventy Seven Energy (SSE) is the old Chesapeake Oilfield Operating company–spun out into a standalone company. It never did make any money, from the moment it became a standalone company. Patterson hopes by combining SSE into its own operation, they will spin some gold from straw–the straw being that both companies now lose money. They hope (gamble?) is, of course, that with a pickup in drilling, Patterson’s fortunes will change. Here’s yesterday’s update…
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As we do every month, MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Month by month Paterson’s rig count has declined over the past year plus–until June (see Tide has Turned: Patterson-UTI June Rig Count Ticks Up by 2). June was the turning point–the first time in over a year that Patterson’s rig count reversed and began to climb once again. Since June the count has steadily risen. The latest count, for January, saw the second biggest month over month increase since the trend reversed. In January, Patterson’s rig count hit 76, up 5 from 71 in December…
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As we do every month, MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Month by month Paterson’s rig count has declined over the past year plus–until June (see Tide has Turned: Patterson-UTI June Rig Count Ticks Up by 2). June was the first time in over a year that Patterson’s rig count reversed and began to climb once again. Since June the count has steadily risen. The latest count, for December, saw the biggest month over month increase since the trend reversed. In December, Patterson’s rig count hit 71, up 6 from 65 in November. That’s a big 9% jump!…
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As we do every month, MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Month by month Paterson’s rig count has declined over the past year plus–until June (see Tide has Turned: Patterson-UTI June Rig Count Ticks Up by 2). June was the first time in over a year that Patterson’s rig count reversed and began to climb once again. Since June the count has steadily risen. The latest count, for November, once again shows an increase. It’s not much–Patterson added just two rigs over the October average. But hey, this is now the sixth month in a row the count has gone up, which is a good sign!…
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As we do every month, MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Month by month Paterson’s rig count has declined over the past year plus–until June (see Tide has Turned: Patterson-UTI June Rig Count Ticks Up by 2). June was the first time in over a year that Patterson’s rig count reversed and began to climb once again. Since June the count has steadily risen. The latest count, for October, once again shows an increase. It ain’t much–just a single rig–but hey, at least they’re still adding rigs!…
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Each month MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Patterson reported losing $84 million during the second quarter of 2016, responding that the company is positioned for a recovery (see Patterson-UTI 2Q16: $86M Loss, “Well Positioned” for a Recovery). How about 3Q16? Patterson issued their third quarter update yesterday, and it shows the company lost $84 million. Yuck. Of course, that’s an improvement from losing $226 million a year earlier in 3Q15. Patterson CEO Andy Hendricks said rig counts have steadily climbed higher since May, something we’ve noted month by month here on MDN. Patterson Chairman of the Board, Mark Siegel, said the industry “has begun the initial stages of the recovery process.” That’s good news. Here’s the 3Q16 update from Patterson-UTI Energy…
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As we do every month, MDN tracks how many rigs oilfield services company Patterson-UTI Energy reports operating–as a proxy for when/if the drop in rig counts for the Marcellus/Utica will turn around. Patterson operates a number of rigs in the northeast, as well as other areas of the continental United States (and Canada). Month by month Paterson’s rig count has declined over the past year plus–until June (see Tide has Turned: Patterson-UTI June Rig Count Ticks Up by 2). June was the first time in over a year that Patterson’s rig count reversed and began to climb once again. In July the count went up again (see Patterson-UTI July Rig Count Goes Up for 2nd Month in Row). And wonder of wonders, the count rose again in August (see Turn Around! Patterson-UTI August Rig Count Up 3rd Mo in a Row). We were holding our breath for September. Would the count go up again? Or would the momentum stall out? The numbers are in, and Patterson reports their rig count rose by another two active rigs in September! That’s the fourth straight month of increases in the count…
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