US drilling rig count unchanged at 1,776 - September 08, 2013

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Vol. 18, No. 36

Week of September 08, 2013

US drilling rig count unchanged at 1,776

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively drilling for oil and natural gas in the U.S. did not change the week ending Aug. 30, remaining at 1,776.

The Houston-based company said in its weekly report that 1,388 rigs were drilling for oil and 380 for gas. Eight were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago there were 1,894 active rigs.

Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Louisiana gained two rigs and Alaska, California, Oklahoma and Utah each gained one.

Pennsylvania and Texas each lost two rigs and Colorado and Wyoming each lost one. Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio and West Virginia were unchanged.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981 and bottomed at 488 in 1999.

—Associated Press

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