North America added 28 rigs week on week, in line with Baker Hughes’ newest North America rotary rig rely, which was printed on January 16.
Though the whole U.S. rig rely dropped by one week on week, the whole Canada rig rely elevated by 29 throughout the identical interval, pushing the whole North America rig rely as much as 769, comprising 543 rigs from the U.S. and 226 rigs from Canada, the rely outlined.
Of the whole U.S. rig rely of 543, 524 rigs are categorized as land rigs, 16 are categorized as offshore rigs, and three are categorized as inland water rigs. The entire U.S. rig rely is made up of 410 oil rigs, 122 fuel rigs, and 11 miscellaneous rigs, in line with Baker Hughes’ rely, which revealed that the U.S. whole includes 475 horizontal rigs, 56 directional rigs, and 12 vertical rigs.
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Week on week, the U.S. land rig rely dropped by one, and its offshore and inland water rig counts remained unchanged, Baker Hughes highlighted. The U.S. fuel rig rely dropped by two week on week, its oil rig rely rose by one week on week, and its miscellaneous rig rely remained unchanged week on week, the rely confirmed. The U.S. directional rig rely dropped by one, and its horizontal and vertical rig counts remained unchanged, week on week, the rely revealed.
A serious state variances subcategory included within the rig rely confirmed that, week on week, Texas dropped two rigs, Louisiana dropped one rig, and New Mexico added two rigs. A serious basin variances subcategory included within the rig rely confirmed that, week on week, the Haynesville basin added one rig.
Canada’s whole rig rely of 226 is made up of 150 oil rigs and 76 fuel rigs, Baker Hughes identified. Week on week, the nation’s oil rig rely elevated by 22, its fuel rig rely rose by seven, and its miscellaneous rig rely remained unchanged, the rely revealed.
The entire North America rig rely is down 40 rigs in comparison with yr in the past ranges, in line with Baker Hughes’ rely, which confirmed that the U.S. has lower 37 rigs and Canada has lower three rigs, yr on yr. The U.S. has dropped 68 oil rigs and added 24 fuel rigs and 7 miscellaneous rigs, whereas Canada has dropped six oil rigs and added three fuel rigs, yr on yr, the rely outlined.
In its earlier rely, which was printed on January 9, Baker Hughes confirmed that North America added 94 rigs week on week. The entire U.S. rig rely dropped by two week on week and the whole Canada rig rely elevated by 96 throughout the identical interval, that rely confirmed.
Baker Hughes’ December 30 rig rely confirmed that North America dropped 16 rigs week on week, its December 23 rely revealed that North America dropped 64 rigs week on week, and its December 19 rig rely revealed that North America’s rig rely dropped by 13 week on week.
In response to month-to-month rig rely abstract figures in Baker Hughes’ newest rely, the North America rig rely stood at 719 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Device Firm started weekly counts of U.S. and Canadian drilling exercise. On its website, the corporate describes the figures as “an vital 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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