By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 27 -- US drilling activity increased to the highest level in five weeks, up by 16 units with 1,331 rotary rigs at work, said Baker Hughes Inc. That compares with 1,169 rigs active during the same period a year ago.
Most of the increase was in land rigs, up by 11 to 1,213. Drilling activity in inland waters increased by 1 to 24 units. Offshore operations gained 4 rigs to 91 in the Gulf of Mexico and 94 in US waters as a whole.
Canada's weekly rig count inched up by 4 to 271, up from 195 a year ago.