DinoInvestor is a research tool for investors following the US oil & gas exploration and production (E&P) sector. It combines company financials, live commodity prices, and industry-wide production and drilling data in one place.
Company financials, quotes, and news are sourced from Financial Modeling Prep. Industry-wide data comes from Baker Hughes (rig counts), Primary Vision (frac spreads), and the US Energy Information Administration, or EIA (inventory, production, and trade data).
Live commodity prices and company quotes update throughout the trading day. Rig counts and frac spreads update weekly, matching their source providers' release schedules. Company financial statements update as new filings become available.
A drilling rig only counts toward Baker Hughes' weekly rig count while it's actually boring into the ground on most days of the week, from the start of a well until it reaches its target depth - rigs that are idle, moving between sites, or doing post-drilling work like completions don't count. Because it takes months for a newly drilled well to reach production, rig counts are a leading indicator of future US oil and gas supply.
Once a well is drilled, it still has to be hydraulically fractured before it can produce - work carried out by a dedicated equipment set and crew that the industry calls a frac spread, completion crew, or stim crew. Primary Vision tracks how many of these crews are actively working at any given time, effectively a completions-side counterpart to the rig count. Because this step happens closer to when a well starts producing, frac spread activity is a more immediate signal of near-term output than drilling activity alone.
The EIA publishes weekly data on US crude oil and petroleum product inventories - how much oil is held in storage. Inventory builds (rising stockpiles) typically signal supply outpacing demand, while draws (falling stockpiles) signal the opposite, both of which influence oil prices.
The EIA also publishes US crude oil production alongside import and export volumes, showing how much oil the country produces on its own versus how much it still relies on other countries for - a running measure of US oil dependency and self-sufficiency over time. Combined with inventory and rig count data, this helps investors gauge the overall supply/demand balance in the US oil & gas market.