US drilling rig count unchanged at 967
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
On June 28 the number of rigs drilling for oil and natural gas in the U.S. was unchanged from the previous week at 967.
A year ago, the count was 1,047 active rigs.
Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported that 793 rigs targeted oil (up four from the previous week) and 173 targeted natural gas (down four). One miscellaneous rig was active.
The company said 68 of the U.S. holes were directional, 840 were horizontal and 59 were vertical.
Louisiana and Oklahoma were each up two rigs from the previous week.
Texas, with the largest number of active rigs at 464, was up by one from the previous week as was Wyoming.
In California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia the rig counts were unchanged from the previous week.
New Mexico was down one rig from the previous week, as was North Dakota.
Alaska and Colorado were each down two rigs from the previous week.
Baker Hughes shows Alaska with seven rigs, down two from a year ago.
The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out in May 2016 at 404.
- KRISTEN NELSON
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