Energy · Drilling activity
US drilling-rig count falls by three to 601
Canada adds ten rigs as the weekly count shows a mixed picture for North American drilling.
The number of active US drilling rigs fell by three to 601 in the week ended November 13, Baker Hughes reported Friday.
Canada added ten rigs to reach 233. Compared with the same week last year, the US count was 52 rigs higher and the Canadian count was 45 higher.
Within the US total, oil rigs were unchanged at 463, gas rigs fell by four to 127 and miscellaneous rigs increased by one to 11.
The count tracks active drilling equipment, not barrels of oil or cubic feet of gas produced. It is a measure of drilling activity and demand for oilfield services, rather than a direct weekly production total.
