Baker Hughes: International rig count down 144 units in April

The international rig count for April reached 915, a decrease of 144 units from March and down 147 units from the 1,062 counted in April 2019, according to Baker Hughes data (OGJ Online, Apr. 3, 2020).

The international offshore rig count for April was 228, down 16 units from March, and down 23 units from the 251 counted in April 2019.

The worldwide rig count for April was 1,514, down 450 units from the 1,964 counted in March, and down 626 units from the 2,140 counted in April 2019.

The average US rig count for April was 566, down 206 from March, and down 446 from the 1,012 counted in April 2019.

Europe was down 11 units with 112 in April and up 14 units year-over-year. Effective June 7, 2019, Ukraine has been added to the Baker Hughes International Rig Count.

Latin America is down 80 units from the previous month with 89 units and down 101 units year-over-year.

The Asia-Pacific region is down 40 with 191 units month-over-month and down 45 units from its year-ago average.

The Middle East down 8 units month-over-month at 420 and up 8 units year-over-year.

The average Canadian rig count for April was 33, down 100 units from the 133 counted in March, and down 33 units from the 66 counted in April 2019.