The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact for the U.S. shale oil and gas industry. In May 2020, the estimated number of started hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations amounted to only 335. This was a more than fourfold decline compared to the same month the previous year.
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Monthly number of started fracking operations in the United States from January 2019 to May 2020*
* Figures are based on satellite imagery. The source provides the following information: "Actual number of started frac operations divided by the number of days in each month and multiplied by 365.25/12"
** Estimate as of June 5.
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Rystad Energy. (June 11, 2020). Monthly number of started fracking operations in the United States from January 2019 to May 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/615531/us-monthly-fracking-operations-started/
Rystad Energy. "Monthly number of started fracking operations in the United States from January 2019 to May 2020*." Chart. June 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/615531/us-monthly-fracking-operations-started/
Rystad Energy. (2020). Monthly number of started fracking operations in the United States from January 2019 to May 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/615531/us-monthly-fracking-operations-started/
Rystad Energy. "Monthly Number of Started Fracking Operations in The United States from January 2019 to May 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/615531/us-monthly-fracking-operations-started/
Rystad Energy, Monthly number of started fracking operations in the United States from January 2019 to May 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/615531/us-monthly-fracking-operations-started/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Monthly number of started fracking operations in the United States from January 2019 to May 2020* [Graph], Rystad Energy, June 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/615531/us-monthly-fracking-operations-started/
