US drilling activity dips by two rigs

US drilling dipped by 2 rotary rigs to 1,329 active units, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Apr. 1. That compared with 1,160 units working during the same period a year ago.

April 2, 2005

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 1 -- US drilling dipped by 2 rotary rigs to 1,329 active units, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Apr. 1. That compared with 1,160 units working during the same period a year ago.

Land operations reflected the loss, down by 2 rigs to 1,206 drilling. Activity in inland waters increased by 1 unit to 29 rigs. Offshore operations lost 1 rig to 90 in the Gulf of Mexico and 94 in US waters as a whole.

With the seasonal thaw, Canada's weekly rig count plunged by 86 to 230 units drilling. That's up from 194 during the same period last year.