Estimated number of rigs active world‐wide
Published date | 01 June 2023 |
Date | 01 June 2023 |
DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/oets.12138 |
© 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd39
Table 9.1ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RIGS ACTIVE WORLDWIDE
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19772000 2016 2017 2018 2019
TotalLand Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land OffshoreLand Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore
Canada 218 147…4845207 2325…184… 133 2 100 5 150…
Mexico 148 75 334063163121318222717242621
United States of America2 001 992 94940167611231,261*1,054 21781 23339 29579 19
Trinidad and Tobago 15 2 3 1 5 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 2…3……
Argentina 68 61…68…59…71…74…50…29…51…
Bolivia 6 7…10…5…3…3…5…2…4…
Brazil 45 16 69162 116 84 6683626
Chile 5 2 3… 1 4… 3… 2…1… 2…2…
Colombia 11 14… 14… 19… 25… 30…33…14…29…
Ecuador 1 2… 8 1 7… 5… 12… 5…5…11…
Paraguay 1…………………………………………
Peru 13 4… 4 1 1… 4… 5… 2……… 1…
Venezuela 20 23 15532049345525225……………
Other Western Hemisphere… –……… 2……… 1… 2… 2… 1…
Total Western Hemisphere2 5521 345 1541 631 222 970 571 755 261 408 481066625136785646
Austria 10 1………………………………………
Denmark …… 1…4…1…………………………
France 7 6… 1……… 2……… 2… 2… 1…
Germany 21 8… 2… 4… 3… 5…4……… 1…
Hungary ……… 1… 2… 2… 2…2… 2…2…
Ireland, Republic of 2…………………………………………
Italy 12 17 6 7…4 1 4… 2 1 4 1 1…1 1
Netherlands 18 3 8 2 3 1 1 1 3… 1… 3 2… 1 1
Norway 5… 15…24…16…16…18…17…17…18
Poland ………15…8…6…6…6…3…2…
Spain 6 1 1…… 1……………………………
United Kingdom 36… 46… 19… 11 1 4… 11…11…5…8
Turkey 16 17… 6… 29… 18… 19 122 117 121 1
Other OECD Europe……… 3 2 2… 3 1 2 2 2 1 2…3 1
Total OECD Europe 133 53 77 37 52 51 30 40 24 36 34423429233230
Croatia ……………………………………………
Romania …………… 5 1 3 1 10…10…10… 4…
Other Non-OECD Europe…………… 8 5 6 5 9 211 54441
Total Non-OECD Europe…………… 13 6 9 6 19 221514481
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