U.S. offshore rig count down by two units

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The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped by two units last week, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company.

Image by: Michael Elleray; Source: Flickr – under the CC BY 2.0 license (the image is cropped)

Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. -3 to 1,076 rigs

U.S. Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 1,076, with oil rigs up 2 to 887 and gas rigs down 5 to 189.

U.S. Rig Count is up 147 rigs from last year’s count of 929, with oil rigs up 138 and gas rigs up 9.

The U.S. Offshore Rig Count is down 2 rigs to 23 and up 3 rigs year-over-year.

Baker Hughes Rig Count: Canada -5 to 199 rigs

Canada Rig Count is down 5 rigs from last week to 199, with oil rigs down 5 to 119 and gas rigs unchanged at 80.

Canada Rig Count is down 23 rigs from last year’s count of 222, with oil rigs up 8 and gas rigs down 31.