The overall US rig count has made another slight gain again this week. Baker Hughes’ calculation of active US rigs increased 1 unit during the week ended Sept. 8 to 944.
Rigs drilling for oil were down 3 units to 756 rigs compared with last week, while those rigs targeting natural gas gained 4 units to 187 rigs. Rigs unclassified were unchanged again this week at 1 unit.
The US rig count is up 436 rigs from last year’s count of 508, with oil rigs up 342, gas rigs up 95, and unclassified rigs down 1.
The US offshore rig count was unchanged from last week to 16. This count is down 2 year-over-year. On land, the count also was unchanged at 923 units this week.
Among the major oil and gas-producing states, New Mexico gained 3 rigs this week to 68. North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia each gained 1 unit to respective counts of 53, 33, and 15.
Six states were unchanged this week: Texas, 455; Oklahoma, 130; Ohio, 29; Wyoming, 25; California, 16; and Utah, 8.
Louisiana, Colorado, and Arkansas each lost 1 unit to respective counts of 65, 36, and 0.
Alaska was down 2 units to 2 rigs working.
In Canada, the overall rig count increased 1 unit this week to 202. Rigs drilling for oil were unchanged at 102 and those targeting gas rose 1 unit to 100. The total count is up 68 units from this time a year ago when 134 rigs were working.
