Exploration and Production

• Date: 01 May 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12404
• Published date: 01 May 2017

22 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, MAY 2017

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 160 - 207 2 85 3 252 1

United States 690 24 611 23 451 27 770 19

Argentina 90 1 59 - 67 1 58 -

Bolivia 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 -

Brazil 17 21 2 11 15 13 3 13

Chile 1 - 4 - 2 - 1 -

Colombia 11 1 19 - 4 - 18 1

Ecuador 2 - 7 - 3 - 7 -

Mexico 18 24 3 16 10 17 3 15

Peru 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 -

Trinidad and Tobago 2 5 1 2 2 5 3 3

Venezuela 63 5 49 3 67 4 51 3

Other W. Hem. 2 - 2 - 2 - - -

Total W. Hem. 1,063 81 970 57 714 70 1,172 55

Denmark - 2 - 1 - 1 - -

France - - - - - - 1 -

Germany 6 - 4 - 5 - 4 -

Hungary 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 -

Italy 3 - 4 1 4 1 4 -

Netherlands 2 2 1 1 1 3 - -

Norway - 17 - 16 - 19 - 15

Poland 12 - 8 - 4 - 10 -

Turkey 30 - 29 - 28 - 23 -

United Kingdom - 8 - 11 1 9 - 8

Other OECD Europe 5 5 3 - 2 - 1 1

Total OECD Europe 60 34 51 30 47 33 44 24

Romania 7 - 5 1 6 - 7 -

Other non-OECD Europe 12 - 8 5 5 5 12 7

Total non-OECD Europe 19 - 13 6 11 5 19 7

Iran - - - - - - - -

Iraq 51 - 41 - 48 - 43 -

Kuwait 43 - 44 - 41 - 54 -

Oman 73 - 59 - 70 - 55 2

Qatar 2 5 5 5 3 3 5 6

Saudi Arabia 110 19 110 15 113 14 106 13

Syria 0 - - - - - - -

UAE 31 18 32 18 30 20 32 18

Yemen - - - - - - - -

Other Middle East 1 2 1 1 - - 2 -

Total Middle East 311 44 292 39 305 37 297 39

Algeria 49 - 52 - 54 - 51 -

Angola - 11 - 4 - 8 - 2

Congo-Brazzaville - 5 - - - 1 - 1

Egypt 33 11 18 6 25 6 24 6

Gabon 1 1 - - 1 - - -

Libya - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

Nigeria 3 5 2 2 5 3 6 4

South Africa - 1 - - - 1 - -

Tunisia - - 1 1 - - 1 -

Other Africa 11 3 11 2 11 6 12 2

Total Africa 97 38 84 16 96 26 94 16

Brunei Darussalam - 1 - - 1 1 - 1

China - 25 - 25 - 26 - 17

India 85 15 77 39 84 19 81 36

Indonesia 20 5 15 1 15 4 22 2

Japan - - - 1 - - - -

Malaysia - 5 - 4 - 3 - 5

Myanmar - 1 - 1 - 2 - 1

Pakistan 23 - 21 - 24 - 20 -

Philippines - 4 1 - 3 - 1 -

Taiwan - - - - - - - -

Thailand 3 12 2 10 4 10 4 10

Vietnam - 3 - 4 - 1 - 2

Other Asia - 1 - - - - - 1

Total Asia 131 72 116 85 131 66 128 75

Australia 8 8 7 2 4 4 12 1

New Zealand - - - - - - - -

Papua New Guinea - 2 3 - 2 - 2 -

Total Pacific 8 10 10 2 6 4 14 1

Total World 1,689 279 1,536 235 1,310 241 1,768 217

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