North America added two rigs week on week, in accordance with Baker Hughes’ newest North America rotary rig depend, which was revealed on Might 8.
The entire U.S. rig depend elevated by one week on week and the entire Canada rig depend additionally rose by one throughout the identical interval, pushing the entire North America rig depend as much as 672, comprising 548 rigs from the U.S. and 124 rigs from Canada, the depend outlined.
Of the entire U.S. rig depend of 548, 527 rigs are categorized as land rigs, 18 are categorized as offshore rigs, and three are categorized as inland water rigs. The entire U.S. rig depend is made up of 410 oil rigs, 129 gasoline rigs, and 9 miscellaneous rigs, in accordance with Baker Hughes’ depend, which revealed that the U.S. complete includes 481 horizontal rigs, 50 directional rigs, and 12 vertical rigs.
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Week on week, the U.S. land rig depend elevated by two, its offshore rig depend dropped by one, and its inland water rig depend remained unchanged, Baker Hughes highlighted. The U.S. oil rig depend rose by two week on week, whereas the nation’s gasoline rig depend dropped by one, and its miscellaneous rig depend remained flat, the depend confirmed. The U.S. horizontal rig depend rose by one week on week and the nation’s directional and vertical rig counts remained unchanged throughout the identical interval, the depend revealed.
A serious state variances subcategory included within the rig depend confirmed that, week on week, Texas added two rigs, Oklahoma added one rig, and Louisiana dropped two rigs. A serious basin variances subcategory included within the rig depend confirmed that, week on week, the Permian and Ardmore Woodford basins every added one rig.
Canada’s complete rig depend of 124 is made up of 77 oil rigs and 47 gasoline rigs, Baker Hughes identified. Week on week, the nation’s oil rig depend rose by three and its gasoline rig depend dropped by two, the depend revealed.
The entire North America rig depend is down 20 rigs in comparison with yr in the past ranges, in accordance with Baker Hughes’ depend, which confirmed that the U.S. has lower 30 rigs and Canada has added 10 rigs, yr on yr. The U.S. has dropped 57 oil rigs and added 21 gasoline rigs and 6 miscellaneous rigs, whereas Canada has added 9 oil rigs and one gasoline rig, yr on yr, the depend outlined.
In its earlier rig depend, which was revealed on Might 1, Baker Hughes confirmed that North America dropped 4 rigs week on week. The entire U.S. rig depend elevated by three week on week and the entire Canada rig depend dropped by seven throughout the identical interval, that depend confirmed.
Baker Hughes’ April 24 rig depend confirmed that North America added one rig week on week. Previous to this, Baker Hughes’ rig counts confirmed a spate of weekly losses. The corporate’s 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 accordance with month-to-month rig depend abstract figures in Baker Hughes’ newest depend, the North America rig depend stood at 671 in Might 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 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 web site that it has issued rig counts as a service to the petroleum business since 1944, when Baker Hughes Software 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 business and its suppliers”. The corporate notes on its web site that working rig location data is offered partially by Enverus.
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