The world’s count of active oil and gas rigs dropped in November, according to an announcement by Baker Hughes Company.
It said the international rig count for November 2018 was 991, down 26 from the 1,017 reported in October 2018. But it was also 49 more than the 942 reported in November 2017.
The international offshore rig count for November 2018 was 206, down 1 from the 207 counted in October 2018, and up 23 from the 183 counted in November 2017.
The average U.S. rig count for November 2018 was 1,077, up 15 from the 1,062 counted in October 2018, and up 166 from the 911 counted in November 2017. The average Canadian rig count for November 2018 was 198, up 6 from the 192 counted in October 2018, and down 6 from the 204 counted in November 2017.
The worldwide rig count for November 2018 was 2,266, down 5 from the 2,271 counted in October 2018, and up 209 from the 2,057 counted in November 2017.
November 2018 Rig Counts
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October2018 | November2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Land | Offshore | Total |
Month |
Land | Offshore | Total | Land | Offshore | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latin America | 161 | 28 | 189 | -4 | 168 | 25 | 193 | 157 | 24 | 181 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Europe | 56 | 27 | 83 | -9 | 56 | 36 | 92 | 59 | 26 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Africa | 87 | 16 | 103 | -4 | 88 | 19 | 107 | 74 | 11 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle East | 344 | 50 | 394 | -10 | 356 | 48 | 404 | 339 | 39 | 378 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Asia Pacific | 137 | 85 | 222 | 1 | 142 | 79 | 221 | 130 | 83 | 213 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International | 785 | 206 | 991 | -26 | 810 | 207 | 1,017 | 759 | 183 | 942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
United States | 1,055 | 22 | 1,077 | 15 | 1,041 | 21 | 1,062 | 891 | 20 | 911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada | 196 | 2 | 198 | 6 | 190 | 2 | 192 | 203 | 1 | 204 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
North America | 1,251 | 24 | 1,275 | 21 | 1,231 | 23 | 1,254 | 1,094 | 21 | 1,115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Worldwide | 2,036 | 230 | 2,266 | -5 | 2,041 | 230 | 2,271 | 1,853 | 204 | 2,057 | |||||||||||||||||||||||