North America dropped six rigs week on week, in keeping with Baker Hughes’ newest North America rotary rig rely, which was revealed on February 13.
The entire U.S. rig rely remained unchanged week on week and the overall Canada rig rely dropped by six throughout the identical interval, pushing the overall North America rig rely all the way down to 773, comprising 551 rigs from the U.S. and 222 rigs from Canada, the rely outlined.
Of the overall U.S. rig rely of 551, 531 rigs are categorized as land rigs, 17 are categorized as offshore rigs, and three are categorized as inland water rigs. The entire U.S. rig rely is made up of 409 oil rigs, 133 gasoline rigs, and 9 miscellaneous rigs, in keeping with Baker Hughes’ rely, which revealed that the U.S. complete includes 481 horizontal rigs, 57 directional rigs, and 13 vertical rigs.
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Week on week, the U.S. land rig rely dropped by one, its offshore rig rely rose by one, and its inland water rig rely remained unchanged, Baker Hughes highlighted. The U.S. oil rig rely decreased by three week on week, whereas its gasoline rig rely elevated by three and its miscellaneous rig rely remained unchanged, the rely confirmed. The U.S. horizontal rig rely dropped by two week on week, its directional rig rely rose by two week on week, and its vertical rig rely remained flat throughout the identical interval, the rely revealed.
A significant state variances subcategory included within the rig rely confirmed that, week on week, Texas dropped three rigs, Oklahoma and North Dakota every dropped one rig, Louisiana added two rigs, and New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming every added one rig.
A significant basin variances subcategory included within the rig rely confirmed that, week on week, the Permian basin dropped three rigs, the Williston basin dropped one rig, the Haynesville basin added two rigs, and the Marcellus basin added one rig.
Canada’s complete rig rely of 222 is made up of 153 oil rigs and 69 gasoline rigs, Baker Hughes identified. Week on week, the nation’s oil rig rely dropped by two, its gasoline rig rely dropped by 4, and its miscellaneous rig rely remained unchanged, the rely revealed.
The entire North America rig rely is down 60 rigs in comparison with 12 months in the past ranges, in keeping with Baker Hughes’ rely, which confirmed that the U.S. has lower 37 rigs and Canada has lower 23 rigs, 12 months on 12 months. The U.S. has dropped 72 oil rigs and added 32 gasoline rigs and three miscellaneous rigs, whereas Canada has dropped 21 oil rigs and two gasoline rigs, 12 months on 12 months, the rely outlined.
In its earlier rely, which was revealed on February 6, Baker Hughes confirmed that North America added one rig week on week. The entire U.S. rig rely rose by 5 week on week and the overall Canada rig rely dropped by 4 throughout the identical interval, that rely confirmed.
Baker Hughes’ January 30 rig rely confirmed that North America added three rigs week on week, its January 23 rig rely confirmed that North America added six rigs week on week, its January 16 rig rely confirmed that North America added 28 rigs week on week, and its January 9 rig rely revealed that North America added 94 rigs week on week.
In line with month-to-month rig rely abstract figures in Baker Hughes’ newest rely, the North America rig rely stood at 776 in February 2026, 742 in January 2026, and 718 in December 2025. The newest rely outlined 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 web site that it has issued rig counts as a service to the petroleum trade since 1944, when Baker Hughes Device Firm started weekly counts of U.S. and Canadian drilling exercise. On its web site, the corporate describes the figures as “an vital enterprise barometer for the drilling trade and its suppliers”. The corporate notes on its web site that working rig location info is offered partly by Enverus.
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