The Asymmetric Relationship between Conventional/Shale Rig Counts and Wti Oil Prices

46 Pages Posted: 7 Jan 2022

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Fulvio Fontini

University of Padova - Department of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno"

Massimiliano Caporin

University of Padua - Department of Statistical Sciences

Rocco Romaniello

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Abstract

This work analyzes the asymmetric response of conventional and shale oil rig counts to WTI oil price returns. Our analyses show that the rig count time series exhibited a structural change after the oil glut of 2014. All series are non-stationary in each sub-period but not cointegrated. Therefore, after controlling for possible confounding factors, a Vector Auto Regressive model is set up. Our specification accounts for the possible role of oil production and distinguishes between positive and negative oil price changes. It is shown that shale and conventional rig counts reacted differently in each sub-period to signed changes in oil price. Later, by evaluating the response of rig counts to oil price shocks, their intensity, and duration over time, we observe that the shale oil rig count reacts more intensively to positive than to negative oil price changes. On the contrary, the conventional rig count exhibits a modest reaction just to positive price changes.

Keywords: shale rig count, conventional rig count, drilling trajectory, WTI price, VAR, Impulse Response Function

Suggested Citation

Fontini, Fulvio and Caporin, Massimiliano and Romaniello, Rocco, The Asymmetric Relationship between Conventional/Shale Rig Counts and Wti Oil Prices. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4003202 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4003202

Fulvio Fontini (Contact Author)

University of Padova - Department of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno" ( email )

Via del Santo, 33
Padova, 35123
Italy

Massimiliano Caporin

University of Padua - Department of Statistical Sciences ( email )

Via Battisti, 241
Padova, 35121
Italy

Rocco Romaniello

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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