North America misplaced 4 rigs week on week, based on Baker Hughes’ newest North America rotary rig depend, which was printed on Could 1.
Though the overall U.S. rig depend elevated by three week on week, the overall Canada rig depend dropped by seven throughout the identical interval, pushing the overall North America rig depend right down to 670, comprising 547 rigs from the U.S. and 123 rigs from Canada, the depend outlined.
Of the overall U.S. rig depend of 547, 525 rigs are categorized as land rigs, 19 are categorized as offshore rigs, and three are categorized as inland water rigs. The full U.S. rig depend is made up of 408 oil rigs, 130 fuel rigs, and 9 miscellaneous rigs, based on Baker Hughes’ depend, which revealed that the U.S. whole contains 480 horizontal rigs, 50 directional rigs, and 12 vertical rigs.
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Week on week, the U.S. land rig depend dropped by six, its offshore rig depend elevated by eight, and its inland water rig depend rose by one, Baker Hughes highlighted. The U.S. fuel, oil, and miscellaneous rig counts every rose by one week on week, whereas the nation’s horizontal rig depend dropped by 4, its directional rig depend elevated by 5, and its vertical rig depend remained unchanged, throughout the identical interval, the depend confirmed.
A significant state variances subcategory included within the rig depend confirmed that, week on week, Texas added 4 rigs, Louisiana added two rigs, and Alaska added one rig. New Mexico dropped three rigs and Wyoming dropped one rig, week on week, the depend revealed.
A significant basin variances subcategory included within the rig depend confirmed that, week on week, the Haynesville basin added two rigs, the Eagle Ford basin added one rig, and the Permian basin dropped one rig.
Canada’s whole rig depend of 130 is made up of 74 oil rigs and 49 fuel rigs, Baker Hughes identified. Week on week, the nation’s oil rig depend dropped by 4 and its fuel rig depend dropped by three, the depend revealed.
The full North America rig depend is down 34 rigs in comparison with yr in the past ranges, based on Baker Hughes’ depend, which confirmed that the U.S. has minimize 37 rigs and Canada has added three rigs, yr on yr. The U.S. has dropped 64 oil rigs and added 22 fuel rigs and 5 miscellaneous rigs, whereas Canada has added three oil fuel rigs, yr on yr, the depend outlined.
In its earlier rig depend, which was printed on April 24, Baker Hughes confirmed that North America added one rig week on week. The full U.S. rig depend elevated by one week on week and the overall Canada rig depend remained unchanged throughout the identical interval, that depend outlined.
Baker Hughes’ April 17 rig depend revealed that North America dropped seven rigs week on week, its April 10 rig depend confirmed that North America dropped 10 rigs week on week, its April 2 rig depend revealed that North America dropped six rigs week on week, its March 27 rig depend revealed that North America dropped 33 rigs week on week, its March 20 rig depend outlined that North America dropped 21 rigs week on week, its 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, and its February 27 rig depend confirmed that North America dropped 11 rigs week on week. Baker Hughes’ February 20 rig depend confirmed that North America added two rigs week on week.
In response to month-to-month rig depend abstract figures in Baker Hughes’ newest depend, the North America rig depend stood at 670 in Could 2026, 679 in April 2026, 733 in March 2026, 773 in February 2026, 742 in January 2026, and 718 in December 2025. The newest 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 Could 2025, 725 in April 2025, 786 in March 2025, 836 in February 2025, and 791 in January 2025.
Archived Baker Hughes knowledge, which Rigzone was directed to by the Baker Hughes staff, 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 Could 2024, 748 in April 2024, 822 in March 2024, 855 in February 2024, and 818 in January 2024.
This knowledge 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 Could, 861 in April, 948 in March, 1,006 in February, and 998 in January.
Going additional again, this knowledge 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 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 Device 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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