The US rig count climbed again during a shortened week last week with an 8-unit climb to 923 rigs working during the week ended Nov. 22, data from Baker Hughes indicate.
Rigs targeting oil in the US gained 9 units to reach 747 rigs while those drilling for natural gas were down 1 unit to 176 rigs. Land rigs reached 900, up 7 units from a week ago. Rigs drilling offshore were up 1 unit to 22, all of which were in the Gulf of Mexico.
Among the major producing states, Wyoming gained 4 units to 25 rigs working. Four states—Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Colorado—were up 1 rig each with respective counts of 450, 69, 63, and 37.
Eight states were unchanged during the week: Oklahoma, 122; North Dakota, 46; Pennsylvania, 31; Ohio, 30; California, 14; West Virginia, 12; Alaska, 5; and Arkansas, 0.
One state, Utah, was down 1 rig to 11 units working.
Canada gained 7 units to 215. Oil-directed rigs fell 2 units to 107. Those rigs drilling for gas increased 9 units to 108.