The active rig count in the US was unchanged from last week with 585 rigs running for the week ended Oct. 25, according to Baker Hughes data.
The number of working oil-directed rigs in the US decreased by 2 units to 480 for the week. The count is down 24 units year-over-year. Gas-directed rigs increased by 2 units to 101, down 16 units year-over-year. Four rigs considered unclassified remained active during the week, unchanged from last week.
US land-based rigs rose by 2 to 568. Horizontal rigs decreased 2 units to 513. Directional drilling rigs increased by 1 to 54 for the week. The vertical rig count also increased by 1 unit to reach 18 this week. The number of rigs working offshore fell by 2 to leave 16 rigs working this week.
New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Ohio each saw their rig counts increase by a single unit this week to respective counts of 100, 43, and 10.
Louisiana dropped 2 rigs to leave 36 running for the week. The rig count in Pennsylvania fell by one unit to leave 12 rigs working.
Canada’s rig count fell by 1 rig to 216, but the count is up 20 units from this time a year-ago. The number of gas-directed rigs increased by 2 units to 66 while those drilling for oil decreased by 3 to end the week with 150 units working.