Baker Hughes, a GE company announced that the Baker Hughes international rig count for August 2019 was 1,138, down 24 from the 1,162 counted in July 2019, and up 130 from the 1,008 counted in August 2018. The international offshore rig count for August 2019 was 244, down 11 from the 255 counted in July 2019, and up 32 from the 212 counted in August 2018.
The average U.S. rig count for August 2019 was 926, down 29 from the 955 counted in July 2019, and down 124 from the 1,050 counted in August 2018. The average Canadian rig count for August 2019 was 142, up 21 from the 121 counted in July 2019, and down 78 from the 220 counted in August 2018.
The worldwide rig count for August 2019 was 2,206, down 32 from the 2,238 counted in July 2019, and down 72 from the 2,278 counted in August 2018.
August 2019 Rig Counts
| August 2019 | July 2019 | August 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Land | Offshore | Total | Month Variance |
Land | Offshore | Total | Land | Offshore | Total | |||||||
| Latin America |
164 |
30 |
194 |
-7 |
168 |
33 |
201 |
168 |
24 |
192 |
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| Europe |
142 |
51 |
193 |
-7 |
148 |
52 |
200 |
53 |
32 |
85 |
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| Africa |
97 |
18 |
115 |
4 |
92 |
19 |
111 |
87 |
17 |
104 |
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| Middle East |
363 |
53 |
416 |
-8 |
367 |
57 |
424 |
351 |
51 |
402 |
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| Asia Pacific |
128 |
92 |
220 |
-6 |
132 |
94 |
226 |
137 |
88 |
225 |
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| International |
894 |
244 |
1,138 |
-24 |
907 |
255 |
1,162 |
796 |
212 |
1,008 |
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| United States |
900 |
26 |
926 |
-29 |
930 |
25 |
955 |
1,031 |
19 |
1,050 |
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| Canada |
139 |
3 |
142 |
21 |
118 |
3 |
121 |
219 |
1 |
220 |
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| North America |
1,039 |
29 |
1,068 |
-8 |
1,048 |
28 |
1,076 |
1,250 |
20 |
1,270 |
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| Worldwide |
1,933 |
273 |
2,206 |
-32 |
1,955 |
283 |
2,238 |
2,046 |
232 |
2,278 |
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