The drilling rig count in Canada increased during the week ended July 28, led by a gain in oil-directed rigs.
Baker Hughes’ overall tally of active drilling rigs in Canada increased 6 units to 193, down 11 units from the year-ago level.
Oil-directed rigs increased by 5 this week to 121, down 16 from the year-ago level of 137.
Gas-directed rigs increased by 1 unit to 72. There are 5 more active gas-directed rigs than this time last year.
The total US drilling rig count decreased by 5 this week to 664 rigs working. There are 103 fewer rigs drilling in the US and its waters compared with this time last year. There were 529 oil-directed rigs in the US this week, 76 fewer than the same period in 2022. With a 3-rig drop, 128 rigs were gas-directed.
Seven fewer rigs were working onshore, with rigs drilling horizontally down 8 to 592, and down 105 from this period in 2022.
The US offshore count was up a single unit this week to 19.
Louisiana gained 2 rigs to end the week with 51 rigs working, 14 fewer than this time last year.
New Mexico dropped 2 rigs to leave 111 working for the week. Four states saw single rig drops this week, namely Oklahoma, 39; Pennsylvania, 22; Colorado 14; and Ohio, 12.
Mikaila Adams | Managing Editor - News
Mikaila Adams has 20 years of experience as an editor, most of which has been centered on the oil and gas industry. She enjoyed 12 years focused on the business/finance side of the industry as an editor for Oil & Gas Journal's sister publication, Oil & Gas Financial Journal (OGFJ). After OGFJ ceased publication in 2017, she joined Oil & Gas Journal and was named Managing Editor - News in 2019. She holds a degree from Texas Tech University.
