North America dropped 16 rigs week on week, in response to Baker Hughes’ newest North America rotary rig rely, which was printed on December 30.
The whole U.S. rig rely rose by one week on week and the entire Canada rig rely decreased by 17 throughout the identical interval, pushing the entire North America rig rely all the way down to 647, comprising 546 rigs from the U.S. and 101 rigs from Canada, the rely outlined.
Of the entire U.S. rig rely of 546, 527 rigs are categorized as land rigs, 16 are categorized as offshore rigs, and three are categorized as inland water rigs. The whole U.S. rig rely is made up of 412 oil rigs, 125 fuel rigs, and 9 miscellaneous rigs, in response to Baker Hughes’ rely, which revealed that the U.S. complete includes 476 horizontal rigs, 56 directional rigs, and 14 vertical rigs.
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Week on week, the U.S. land rig rely rose by one, and its offshore and inland water rig counts remained unchanged, Baker Hughes highlighted. The U.S. oil rig rely rose by three week on week, its fuel rig rely dropped by two, and its miscellaneous rig rely remained unchanged week on week, the rely confirmed. The U.S. horizontal rig rely rose by two, its vertical rig rely dropped by one, and its directional rig rely remained unchanged, week on week, the rely revealed.
A serious state variances subcategory included within the rig rely confirmed that, week on week, Wyoming and Utah every added one rig and Texas dropped one rig. A serious basin variances subcategory included within the rig rely confirmed that, week on week, the Eagle Ford basin dropped one rig.
Canada’s complete rig rely of 101 is made up of 52 fuel rigs and 49 oil rigs, Baker Hughes identified. Week on week, the nation’s oil rig rely dropped by 10, its fuel rig rely decreased by seven, and its miscellaneous rig rely remained unchanged, the rely revealed.
The whole North America rig rely is down 36 rigs in comparison with 12 months in the past ranges, in response to Baker Hughes’ rely, which confirmed that the U.S. has reduce 43 rigs and Canada has added seven rigs, 12 months on 12 months. The U.S. has dropped 70 oil rigs and added 22 fuel rigs and 5 miscellaneous rigs, whereas Canada has added 5 oil rigs and two fuel rigs, 12 months on 12 months, the rely outlined.
In its earlier rely, which was printed on December 23, Baker Hughes revealed that North America dropped 64 rigs week on week. The whole U.S. rig rely rose by three week on week and the entire Canada rig rely decreased by 67 throughout the identical interval, that rely confirmed.
Baker Hughes’ December 19 rig rely revealed that North America’s rig rely dropped by 13 week on week, its December 12 rely confirmed that North America’s rig rely remained unchanged week on week, its December 5 rig rely revealed that North America added eight rigs week on week, and its November 26 rig rely confirmed that North America dropped 17 rigs week on week.
Based on month-to-month rig rely abstract figures in Baker Hughes’ newest rely, the North America rig rely stood at 647 in January 2026 and 718 in December 2025. The newest rely outlined that that the North America rig rely stood at 739 in November 2025, 741 in October 2025, 728 in September 2025, 717 in August 2025, 707 in July 2025, 687 in June 2025, 690 in Could 2025, 725 in April 2025, 786 in March 2025, 836 in February 2025, and 791 in January 2025.
Archived Baker Hughes information, which Rigzone was directed to by the Baker Hughes staff, outlined that the North America rig rely stood at 751 in December 2024, 789 in November 2024, 804 in October, September, and August 2024, 779 in July 2024, 750 in June 2024, 722 in Could 2024, 748 in April 2024, 822 in March 2024, 855 in February 2024, and 818 in January 2024.
This information outlined that, in 2023, the North America rig rely stood at 784 in December, 816 in November, 814 in October, 819 in September, 836 in August, 858 in July, 832 in June, 817 in Could, 861 in April, 948 in March, 1,006 in February, and 998 in January.
Going additional again, this information outlined that, in 2020, the North America rig rely stood at 432 in December, 405 in November, 361 in October, 316 in September, 303 in August, 288 in July, 292 in June, 371 in Could, 598 in April, 904 in March, 1,039 in February, and 996 in January.
Baker Hughes states on its website that it has issued rig counts as a service to the petroleum business since 1944, when Baker Hughes Instrument Firm started weekly counts of U.S. and Canadian drilling exercise. On its website, the corporate describes the figures as “an necessary enterprise barometer for the drilling business and its suppliers”. The corporate notes on its website that working rig location info is supplied partly by Enverus.
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