There were 50 rigs each working in the Marcellus and Haynesville shale gas plays last week as operators dropped units across the country to meet investor demands to favour capital discipline over growth.
The Haynesville's rig count usually tracks lower than that of the Marcellus. The play, which sprawls across Texas and Louisiana, was running 50 rigs at the end of May to the Marcellus' 62, according to data from Baker Hughes.
