HOUSTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of active drilling rigs in the United States decreased by 13 to 1044 this week, showed weekly data released by Baker Hughes on Friday. The Houston-based oilfield services company reported that the U.S. state of Louisiana led the drop with reducing ...
The number of drilling rigs in the state of Louisiana and Oklahoma increased the most by two rigs respectively. When it comes to Texas, the number of drilling rigs increased by one to 464 rigs. Oil prices fell on Friday, as the market was dampened by a surge in U.S. crude oil output...
The rig count page contains details about the crude oil and natural gas drilling rigs in the United States. The numbers, released by the EIA, can give an idea of the total number of rigs in operation, active rigs, rigs by site, and rigs by product type. ...
However, the current rig count is 58.3 percent lower than the comparable week in 1985, which recorded 1,821 rigs operating.Active rig counts for other leading producing states during the week ended May 29, and the change from the previous week, are:- Texas - 254, up one.- Louisiana - ...
The number of directional drilling rigs dropped by five to 68 rigs. The number of horizontal drilling rigs increased by five to 934 rigs, and the number of vertical drilling rigs decreased by 3 at 74. The Houston-based oilfield services company reported that the U.S. state of Louisiana led...
During the week, the number of drilling rigs increased the most in Louisiana by two, to 56 rigs, while Alaska lost the most with three to 5 rigs. Texas lost two in the week, to 406 rigs. All the three lost in the week are horizontal drilling rigs, and the count of horizontal drilli...