2017-11-09 13:30:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT DOWN 4 TO 2,077
BAKER HUGHES A GE - international rig count for October 2017 was 951, up 20 from the 931 counted in September 2017, and up 31 from the 920 counted in October 2016. The international offshore rig count for October 2017 was 204, up 14 from the 190 counted in September 2017, and up 4 from the 200 counted in October 2016.
The average US rig count for October 2017 was 922, down 18 from the 940 counted in September 2017, and up 378 from the 544 counted in October 2016. The average Canadian rig count for October 2017 was 204, down 6 from the 210 counted in September 2017, and up 48 from the 156 counted in October 2016.
The worldwide rig count for October 2017 was 2,077, down 4 from the 2,081 counted in September 2017, and up 457 from the 1,620 counted in October 2016.
October 2017 Rig Counts
| October | 2017 | September | 2017 | October | 2016 | |||||
| Land | Offshore | Total |
Month |
Land | Offshore | Total | Land | Offshore | Total | |
| Latin America | 151 | 26 | 177 | 0 | 150 | 27 | 177 | 153 | 30 | 183 |
| Europe | 61 | 30 | 91 | 0 | 58 | 33 | 91 | 63 | 24 | 87 |
| Africa | 71 | 14 | 85 | 6 | 66 | 13 | 79 | 67 | 10 | 77 |
| Middle East | 340 | 45 | 385 | -10 | 347 | 48 | 395 | 339 | 52 | 391 |
| Asia Pacific | 124 | 89 | 213 | 24 | 120 | 69 | 189 | 98 | 84 | 182 |
| International | 747 | 204 | 951 | 20 | 741 | 190 | 931 | 720 | 200 | 920 |
| United States | 901 | 21 | 922 | -18 | 922 | 18 | 940 | 521 | 23 | 544 |
| Canada | 202 | 2 | 204 | -6 | 209 | 1 | 210 | 154 | 2 | 156 |
| North America | 1,103 | 23 | 1,126 | -24 | 1,131 | 19 | 1,150 | 675 | 25 | 700 |
| Worldwide | 1,850 | 227 | 2,077 | -4 | 1,872 | 209 | 2,081 | 1,395 | 225 | 1,620 |
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Earlier:
2017, October, 9, 21:35:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT DOWN 35Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) announced today that the Baker Hughes international rig count for September 2017 was 931, down 21 from the 952 counted in August 2017, and down 3 from the 934 counted in September 2016. The international offshore rig count for September 2017 was 190, down 11 from the 201 counted in August 2017, and down 31 from the 221 counted in September 2016. |
2017, September, 11, 12:10:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT UP 6 TO 2,116The worldwide rig count for August 2017 was 2,116, up 6 from the 2,110 counted in July 2017, and up 569 from the 1,547 counted in August 2016.
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2017, August, 14, 14:00:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT UP 69 TO 2,110Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) announced today that the Baker Hughes international rig count for July 2017 was 959, down 1 from the 960 counted in June 2017, and up 21 from the 938 counted in July 2016. The international offshore rig count for July 2017 was 204, up 7 from the 197 counted in June 2017, and down 22 from the 226 counted in July 2016.
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2017, July, 12, 14:10:00
IEA: ENERGY INVESTMENT UPDOWNTotal energy investment worldwide in 2016 was just over $1.7 trillion, accounting for 2.2% of global GDP. Investment was down by 12% compared to IEA’s revised 2015 energy investment estimate of $1.9 trillion.
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2016, November, 7, 18:35:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT DOWN 466The worldwide rig count for October 2016 was 1,620, up 36 from the 1,584 counted in September 2016, and down 466 from the 2,086 counted in October 2015.
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2015, November, 6, 19:40:00
RIGS DOWN 1571The worldwide rig count for October 2015 was 2,086, down 85 from the 2,171 counted in September 2015, and down 1,571 from the 3,657 counted in October 2014.
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2015, June, 17, 18:50:00
$200 BLN STOPDeepwater oil projects and complex gas facilities worth around $200 billion have been cancelled or put on hold worldwide in recent months due to the sharp drop in oil prices over the past year, consultancy Ernst and Young said. |
