Canada has added 17 rigs for the week ended Oct. 4, according to Baker Hughes data. While the jump puts the total number of rigs running at 144, the count is less than the 182 units drilling this week a year ago.
All 17 of the added rigs were oil-directed, bringing the count to 105 rigs for the week. The number of rigs targeting gas in Canada were unchanged at 39 units.
The US drilling rig count dropped 5 units to 855 rigs working during the week, Baker Hughes reported.
All five of those units were land-based, bringing that total to 830. Rigs drilling in inland waters were unchanged at 1. Rigs drilling offshore also were unchanged from last week at 24.
There was a 3-unit decline in oil rigs to 710 and a 2-unit loss in gas rigs to 144.
Horizontal drilling rigs were down 3 units to 749. Directional drilling rigs also declined 3 units to reach 54.
Major states, basins
New Mexico saw the largest increase of the major oil and gas-producing states, claiming 4 more units to reach a total of 113. North Dakota, Alaska, and Utah each gained 1 unit to respective totals of 54, 9, and 4.
Unchanged from a week ago were Pennsylvania at 36, Ohio at 11, and Kansas at 0.
Four states were down a single unit this week, namely Louisiana, 55; Wyoming, 33; Colorado, 24; and California, 14. West Virginia fell 2 units to 14. Oklahoma relinquished 3 units to 63. Texas reported the largest loss, dropping 4 units to 414.
