The US rig count during the week ended Oct. 20 declined for the ninth time in 12 weeks. Baker Hughes’ tally of active rigs fell 15 units this week to 913.
US oil-directed rigs dropped for the eighth time in 10 weeks, shedding 7 units to 736. Gas-directed rigs lost 8 units to 177. There continued to be no unclassified rigs drilling this week.
Land-based rigs were down 15 from a week ago, reaching 892. Unchanged from a week ago, there was 1 rig drilling in inland waters and 20 units drilling offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Texas led the major oil- and gas-producing states with an 8-unit decline to 436. Wyoming and Alaska were both down 2 units to respective counts of 21 and 4. New Mexico and Utah were both down 1 rig each, reaching 68 and 11, respectively.
There were 10 states unchanged this week, namely Oklahoma, 124; Louisiana, 65; North Dakota, 51; Colorado, 34; Pennsylvania, 32; Ohio, 29; West Virginia, 15; California, 14; Kansas, 1; and Arkansas, 0.