The US rig count during the week ended Oct. 27 declined for the tenth time in 13 weeks. Baker Hughes’ tally of active rigs fell 4 units this week to 909.
US oil-directed rigs gained 1 rig to reach 737. Gas-directed rigs in the US lost 5 units to 172. There continued to be no unclassified rigs drilling this week.
Land-based rigs were down 4 from a week ago, reaching 888. Unchanged from a week ago, there was 1 rig drilling in inland waters and 20 units drilling offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Among the major oil and gas-producing states, Louisiana was down 3 units from last week to 62 rigs. North Dakota and West Virginia lost 2 rigs each to respective counts of 49 and 13. Five states were down 1 rig each: New Mexico, 67; Colorado, 33; Pennsylvania, 31; Alaska, 3; and Kansas, 0.
Four states were unchanged this week: Ohio, 29; California, 14; Utah, 11; and Arkansas, 0.
Oklahoma and Wyoming were up 1 rig each, reaching 125 and 22 rigs working, respectively. Texas gained 5 rigs to reach 441 units.
