US oil and gas rig count up 27 to 1,985 - September 25, 2011

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industrySeptember 2011

Vol. 16, No. 39

Week of September 25, 2011

US oil and gas rig count up 27 to 1,985

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 27 the week ending Sept. 16 to 1,985, led by a big jump in Texas.

Houston-based drilling product provider Baker Hughes Inc. reported that 1,062 rigs were exploring for oil and 912 for natural gas. Eleven were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago this week the rig count stood at 1,661.

Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas gained 11 rigs, Louisiana six, California five, West Virginia four, North Dakota two and Arkansas and Wyoming one each. Oklahoma declined by four, Colorado two and New Mexico one.

Alaska and Pennsylvania were unchanged.

The rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. A low of 488 was recorded in 1999.

—The Associated Press

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