WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT UP 6 TO 2,116

BAKER HUGHES A GE - Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) announced today that the Baker Hughes international rig count for August 2017 was 952, down 7 from the 959 counted in July 2017, and up 15 from the 937 counted in August 2016. The international offshore rig count for August 2017 was 201, down 3 from the 204 counted in July 2017, and down 27 from the 228 counted in August 2016.

The average U.S. rig count for August 2017 was 947, down 6 from the 953 counted in July 2017, and up 466 from the 481 counted in August 2016. The average Canadian rig count for August 2017 was 217, up 19 from the 198 counted in July 2017, and up 88 from the 129 counted in August 2016.

The 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.

August 2017 Rig Counts

	August 2017				July2017			August2016
				Month
	Land	Offshore	Total	Variance	Land	Offshore	Total	Land	Offshore	Total

Latin America	160	31	191	-5	159	37	196	150	37	187
Europe	53	38	91	9	50	32	82	58	38	96
Africa	72	12	84	-5	75	14	89	70	11	81
Middle East	340	51	391	-6	352	45	397	329	50	379
Asia Pacific	126	69	195	0	119	76	195	102	92	194
International	751	201	952	-7	755	204	959	709	228	937

United States	930	17	947	-6	931	22	953	464	17	481
Canada	215	2	217	19	197	1	198	128	1	129
North America	1,145	19	1,164	13	1,128	23	1,151	592	18	610

Worldwide	1,896	220	2,116	6	1,883	227	2,110	1,301	246	1,547

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