Drilling activity in the US jumped by 9 rotary rigs—all oil-directed—to 779 working the week ended Nov. 10, Baker Hughes reported, while the number of rigs working in Canada dropped 9 to 200. Despite the offset, at 979 total rigs working in North America this week, the count is still up 255 rigs from last year's 724.
Land rigs continue to be responsible for most of the US upswing, with an additional 4 rigs working for the week to reach 758. There were 539 rigs working on land in the US this time last year.
Rigs drilling in inland waters in the US increased by 2 to 4, while rigs offshore increased by 3 to 17. The rigs added to US offshore were in the Gulf of Mexico, increasing the total there to 16.
There were 622 oil-directed rigs working in the US for the week, up 168 from this time last year. Unchanged from last week, 155 rigs were drilling for gas in the US.
Louisiana saw the largest increase with an additional 6 rigs working for the week to bring the count to 65. Texas gained 4 rigs to hit 373 for the week.
Pennsylvania dropped 2 rigs to reach 22 rigs working this week. Ohio gained 1 rig to reach 13.
In Canada, 133 rigs were drilling for oil, down 8 from the previous week. One fewer rig was gas-directed, bringing the weekly count to 67.