2018 Drilling Method Statistics
for All Drillers
 
Production Wells
 
Drilling Method # of Wells % of Total Bar Graph
Air Rotary 252 50.5% l
Mud Rotary 109 21.8% l
Flooded Reverse Circulation 6 1.2% l
Cable Tool 86 17.2% l
Auger 0 0.0% l
Dual Rotary 42 8.4% l
Direct Push 1 0.2% l
Rotasonic 0 0.0% l
Other 3 0.6% l
Total499
 
Non-Production Wells
 
Drilling Method # of Wells % of Total Bar Graph
Air Rotary 86 16.3% l
Mud Rotary 238 45.2% l
Flooded Reverse Circulation 1 0.2% l
Cable Tool 34 6.5% l
Auger 14 2.7% l
Dual Rotary 2 0.4% l
Direct Push 31 5.9% l
Rotasonic 105 20.0% l
Other 15 2.9% l
Total526