There was little movement in rig counts in the US and Canada the week ended Oct. 23, according to a Baker Hughes report Friday.

In North America, 823 rigs were working this week, up 3 from last week, and up 74 from this time last year.

There were 220 rigs working in Canada this week, up 3 units from last week, and up 21 units from the year-ago period. This week’s Canadian rig count includes 65 gas-directed rigs, unchanged from last week, and 150 oil-directed rigs, up 2 units from last week. There was 1 additional unclassified rig working in Canada this week, bringing the count to 3.

In the US, 603 rigs were working, unchanged from the prior week. The count is 53 units more than the 550 rigs working this time a year ago.

Rigs drilling on land in the US totaled 589, unchanged from last week. Offshore units were unchanged at 13, and the number of rigs drilling in inland waters was unchanged at 1.

There were 12 rigs drilling in the US Gulf of Mexico, also unchanged from last week.

In the US, there were 460 rigs drilling for oil this week, up 1 unit from last week and up 40 from the same time last year.

The gas-directed rig count in the US was down 1 unit to 132. That count is 11 more than the same period in 2025.

Among the major oil and gas-producing states, New Mexico saw the largest increase in rigs. With 98 rigs running, the count is 2 more than this time last week. Louisiana added 1 rig to end the week with 41 rigs working.

Utah dropped 2 rigs this week to leave 18 units working. Texas and Colorado each dropped a single unit to end the week with respective counts of 277 and 11.