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November 2015

Vol. 20, No. 46 Week of November 15, 2015

US drilling rig count down by 4 to 771

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs drilling for oil and natural gas in the U.S. the week ending Nov. 6 declined by four to 771.

Houston's Baker Hughes said 572 rigs were drilling for oil and 199 for natural gas. A year ago, with oil prices about double the prices now, 1,925 rigs were active.

Among major oil- and gas-producing states, New Mexico lost five rigs, California and Wyoming each declined by two, and Louisiana and Oklahoma were down one apiece.

Colorado gained three rigs while Kansas, North Dakota and Texas increased by one each.

Alaska, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia all 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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