Rig Counts Decline!

Baker Hughes reports U.S. rig count down 3 to 488 rigs

Baker Hughes (BKR) reports the U.S. rig count is down 3 from last week to 488, with oil rigs down 2 to 385, gas rigs down 1 to 103, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0.

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The U.S. rig count is up 237 rigs from last year’s count of 251, with oil rigs up 205 gas rigs up 34 and miscellaneous rigs down 2.

The U.S. offshore rig count is down 3 to 14, up 2 year-over-year.

The Baker Hughes rig counts are counts of the number of drilling rigs actively exploring for or developing oil or natural gas in the U.S., Canada and international markets.

The Company has issued the rig counts as a service to the petroleum industry since 1944, when Hughes Tool Company began weekly counts of the U.S. and Canadian drilling activity. The monthly international rig count was initiated in 1975.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is up 54 cents to $74.17 per barrel. Brent crude is up $0.51 to $75.61 per barrel. Gasoline last traded at $2.34 per gallon up 2 cents on the day.

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