Canada drops 8 rigs, US count up 2

The rig count in Canada is down 9 units after dropping 8 rigs last week. The count in Canada is 197 for the week ended Mar. 13, according to Baker Hughes data.

The rig count in Canada is down 2 units from the 199 rigs working this time a year ago. The decline is attributable to oil-directed rigs, which decreased by 8 to a total of 131 oil-directed rigs running this week.

In the US, a 2-rig increase brought the rig count to 553 for the week. The count is down 39 units from the 592 rigs running in the US this time last year.

US oil-directed rigs increased by 1 unit to 412. That total is down 75 units from this time in 2025. Gas-directed rigs also increased by 1 unit to reach 133 rigs working this week. A year ago, 100 units were drilling for gas in the US.

The number of rigs drilling on land in the US was up 7 units to 539, which is 37 fewer than this time last year. Horizontal rigs increased were unchanged at 485. Vertical rigs were down 1 to 12. The number of rigs drilling directionally was up 4 to 54. Unclassified rigs were unchanged at 8.

Louisiana saw the largest increase in rigs. With a 4-unit increase, the count stands at 40 for the week. New Mexico and Utah each added a rig to end the week with 101 and 17 units working, respectively. Texas dropped 2 rigs to 234 and North Dakota dropped a single unit to end the week with 24 rigs working.

The number of rigs drilling offshore US declined by 6 to 12 rigs working. One additional rig was drilling in inland waters to bring the week’s count to 2.