In line with rig count movement the week prior, Canada dropped 16 rigs for the week while the US added 3 rigs, said Baker Hughes Inc., Houston.
This week there were 124 rotary rigs working in Canada and 673 rigs working in the US and its waters for the week ended Apr. 1. A year ago, the numbers were 69 and 430 respectively.
In Canada, 64 rigs were drilling for oil, while 60 were drilling for natural gas. Both counts are up from the year prior when 24 rigs were drilling for oil and 45 rigs were drilling for gas.
Of the rigs working in the US and its waters this week, 533 were drilling for oil, 138 were drilling for gas, and 2 were unclassified. There were 657 rigs on land, 2 in inland waters, and 14 offshore.
Texas gained the most rigs with a 5-unit add to hit 331 rigs working for the week. Utah and Virginia each added a unit to reach respective counts of 13 and 12. Louisiana’s rig count fell by 3, the largest among the major oil and gas producing states, to a weekly total of 57 rigs working. North Dakota dropped a single rig to hit 32 total rigs running.