Baker Hughes reports U.S. rig count down 4 to 247 rigs last week
Baker Hughes (BKR) reports the U.S. rig count is down 4 from last week at 247, with oil rigs down 4 to 176, gas rigs unchanged at 69, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 2.
The U.S. offshore rig count is unchanged at 12 and down 11 year-over-year.
Baker Hughes announced that the Baker Hughes international rig count for July 2020 was 743 down 38 from the 781 counted in June 2020, and down 419 from the 1,162 counted in July 2019.
The international offshore rig count for July 2020 was 183, down 11 from the 194 counted in June 2020, and down 72 from the 255 counted in July 2019.
The average U.S. rig count for July 2020 was 255, down 19 from the 274 counted in June 2020, and down 700 from the 955 counted in July 2019.
The average Canadian rig count for July 2020 was 32, up 14 from the 18 counted in June 2020, and down 89 from the 121 counted in July 2019.
The worldwide rig count for July 2020 was 1,030, down 43 from the 1,073 counted in June 2020, and down 1,208 from the 2,238 counted in July 2019.
Brent crude is down 68 cents to $44.41 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is down 75 cents to $41.23 per barrel.
Gasoline last traded at $1.21 per gallon down 2 cents.
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