Total drilling activity in North America dropped the week ended Sept. 20, with 799 rotary rigs working, reported Baker Hughes, Houston. That represents 9 fewer rigs working compared with last week and 21 fewer that the same time last year.
In the US, a total of 588 rigs were working, 2 fewer than last week, and 42 fewer than this time last year. A total of 18 rigs were working in the Gulf of Mexico, 1 rig down from last week. US onshore activity decreased by 1 rig to 567 units working, 41 fewer than this time last year.
Four states decreased activity this week. New Mexico, Louisiana, Colorado, and Utah each dropped a single rig to end the week with respective counts of 106, 42, 11, and 11. Texas increased its rig count by 2 units, ending the week with 276 rigs running.
Canada had 211 rigs working this week, down 7 from the previous week, but up 21 from the year-ago period. Canada dropped 6 oil-directed rigs and 1 gas-directed rigs this week to land at counts of 144 and 66, respectively.
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