Ultra drops to single rig in 3rd quarter

Posted 8/23/19

Pinedale Anticline operator reduced its A hopeful

spring forecast from Ultra Resources for this

year and next is tempered by continuing low

natural gas prices.

Pinedale Anticline operator reduced its

drilling rigs from three to two in May and in

the third quarter, to one, according to Ultra

Petroleum’s Aug. 9 update for the second

quarter of this year.

“In May, (Ultra) elected to decrease its

operated rig count from three to two rigs, in

response to natural gas price forecast at the

time,” it states. “The impact to full year production

was somewhat muted in that (Ultra)

improved the drilling time for new wells and

enjoyed a higher working interest in the wells

drilled in the first half of the year.”

In March at the Pinedale Anticline Projectdrilling rigs from three to two in May and in

the third quarter, to one,

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