Sixteen rigs active in Alaska
Petroleum News Alaska Staff
Baker Hughes reported March 22 that U.S. and Canadian rig counts were both down for the week. The U.S. active rig count is 750, down three from the previous week and down 413 from a year ago. The Canadian rig count, at 276, is down 53 from last week and down 93 from a year ago.
Including 104 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, 1,026 rigs were working in North America March 22, down 56 from the previous week and down 506 from a year ago.
Alaska had 16 rigs active March 22, up one from the previous week, and up two from a year ago. Thirteen of the Alaska rigs were working onshore and three offshore (Cook Inlet). The previous week, there were two rigs working offshore (Cook Inlet) and 13 land rigs working in the state.
Baker Hughes has issued rotary rig counts since 1944 U.S. active rigs peaked at 4,530 in December 1981. The lowest U.S. rig count, 488, was in April 1999. Canadian rig activity peaked at 558 in January 2000. The lowest Canadian rig count was 29 in April 1992.
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