North America dropped 33 rigs week on week, in response to Baker Hughes’ newest North America rotary rig depend, which was revealed on March 27.
The entire U.S. rig depend decreased by 9 week on week and the whole Canada rig depend dropped by 24 throughout the identical interval, pushing the whole North America rig depend right down to 696, comprising 543 rigs from the U.S. and 153 rigs from Canada, the depend outlined.
Of the whole U.S. rig depend of 543, 530 rigs are categorized as land rigs, 11 are categorized as offshore rigs, and two are categorized as an inland water rigs. The entire U.S. rig depend is made up of 409 oil rigs, 127 gasoline rigs, and 7 miscellaneous rigs, in response to Baker Hughes’ depend, which revealed that the U.S. whole contains 482 horizontal rigs, 47 directional rigs, and 12 vertical rigs.
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Week on week, the U.S. land rig depend dropped by eight, its offshore rig depend dropped by one, and its inland water rig depend remained unchanged, Baker Hughes highlighted. The U.S. oil rig depend dropped by 5 week on week, its gasoline rig depend dropped by 4, and the U.S. miscellaneous rig depend remained unchanged week on week, the depend confirmed. The U.S. horizontal rig depend dropped by 5 week on week, its directional rig depend dropped by six week on week, and the nation’s vertical rig depend elevated by two week on week, the depend revealed.
A significant state variances subcategory included within the rig depend confirmed that, week on week, Utah, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma every dropped two rigs week on week, whereas Colorado and Louisiana every dropped one rig, and North Dakota added one rig.
A significant basin variances subcategory included within the rig depend confirmed that, week on week, the Permian and Marcellus basins every dropped two rigs week on week, the Granite Wash and Arkoma Woodford basins every dropped one rig week on week, and the Haynesville and Williston basins every added one rig week on week.
Canada’s whole rig depend of 153 is made up of 95 oil rigs and 58 gasoline rigs, Baker Hughes identified. Week on week, the nation’s oil rig depend decreased by 19 and its gasoline rig depend dropped by 5, the depend revealed.
The entire North America rig depend is down 59 rigs in comparison with yr in the past ranges, in response to Baker Hughes’ depend, which confirmed that the U.S. has reduce 49 rigs and Canada has reduce 10 rigs, yr on yr. The U.S. has dropped 75 oil rigs and added 24 gasoline rigs and two miscellaneous rigs, whereas Canada has dropped 13 oil rigs and one miscellaneous rig, and added 4 gasoline rigs, yr on yr, the depend outlined.
In its earlier rig depend, which was revealed on March 20, Baker Hughes confirmed that North America dropped 21 rigs week on week. The entire U.S. rig depend dropped by one week on week and the whole Canada rig depend decreased by 20 throughout the identical interval, that depend revealed.
Baker Hughes’ March 13 depend confirmed that North America dropped six rigs week on week, its March 6 rig depend confirmed that North America dropped eight rigs week on week, its February 27 rig depend confirmed that North America dropped 11 rigs week on week, and its February 20 rig depend confirmed that North America added two rigs week on week.
In accordance with month-to-month rig depend abstract figures in Baker Hughes’ newest depend, the North America rig depend stood at 733 in March 2026, 773 in February 2026, 742 in January 2026, and 718 in December 2025. The most recent depend outlined that the North America rig depend 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 Might 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 group, outlined that the North America rig depend 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 Might 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 depend 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 Might, 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 depend 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 Might, 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 offered partly by Enverus.
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