Exploration and Production

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12276
• Date: 01 September 2015
• Published date: 01 September 2015

16 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, SEPTEMBER 2015

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 281 1 205 3 392 3 211 4

United States 1,690 61 1,756 55 1,831 58 840 34

Argentina 94 - 112 1 107 - 106 -

Bolivia 11 - 6 - 10 - 2 -

Brazil 20 34 17 25 17 26 19 18

Chile 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 -

Colombia 45 - 46 - 44 - 24 1

Ecuador 25 1 17 1 26 - 12 -

Mexico 64 34 30 42 53 33 20 25

Peru 5 1 2 3 5 3 1 2

Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 2 - 2 1 4 4

Venezuela 72 5 51 9 72 5 66 4

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

Total W. Hem. 2,312 138 2,248 139 2,562 129 1,310 92

Denmark - 2 - 1 - 1 1 2

France 2 - 3 - 3 - - -

Germany 4 - 3 - 3 1 - -

Hungary 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 -

Italy 3 1 3 1 3 2 2 1

Netherlands 2 3 3 7 5 7 1 4

Norway - 14 - 14 - 17 - 20

Poland 9 - 7 - 7 - 7 -

Turkey 36 - 43 1 41 1 28 -

United Kingdom - 12 2 18 1 14 - 12

Other OECD Europe 7 6 5 7 8 10 3 7

Total OECD Europe 64 38 71 49 73 53 44 46

Romania 8 - 13 2 11 1 6 2

Other non-OECD Europe 15 1 13 - 14 1 10 -

Total non-OECD Europe 23 1 26 2 25 2 16 2

Iran - - - - - - - -

Iraq 93 - 61 - 94 - 44 -

Kuwait 31 - 45 - 40 - 44 -

Oman 64 1 57 - 62 - 67 -

Qatar 3 8 2 7 4 8 1 6

Saudi Arabia 70 19 97 18 80 25 104 19

Syria 0 - 0 - - - 0 -

UAE 20 10 25 13 24 14 22 18

Yemen 6 - 3 - 4 - - -

Other Middle East 6 1 3 1 5 - 1 -

Total Middle East 293 39 293 39 313 47 283 43

Algeria 49 - 49 - 48 - 50 -

Angola - 14 - 14 - 15 - 8

Congo-Brazzaville 1 3 1 6 1 3 - 2

Egypt 45 7 46 6 44 7 36 6

Gabon 5 1 5 2 4 2 1 2

Libya 12 - 4 3 13 1 - 1

Nigeria 9 8 11 7 6 9 3 5

South Africa - 1 - - - 1 - 1

Tunisia - - 3 - - 1 2 -

Other Africa 26 9 18 15 19 14 13 6

Total Africa 147 43 137 53 135 53 105 31

Brunei Darussalam 1 - - 2 - 2 - -

China - 21 - 36 - 26 - 23

India 85 36 85 29 90 37 89 27

Indonesia 26 12 28 12 19 10 16 6

Japan 1 1 - - - - - -

Malaysia - 12 - 8 1 5 - 6

Myanmar - - 1 1 1 1 - -

Pakistan 21 - 19 - 21 - 23 -

Philippines 3 - 4 - 2 1 4 -

Taiwan - - - - - - - -

Thailand 3 14 4 10 3 15 3 15

Vietnam - 4 - 5 - 6 - 3

Other Asia 1 - - 2 1 1 - -

Total Asia 141 100 141 105 138 104 135 80

Australia 12 6 13 5 14 7 8 8

New Zealand 5 3 3 3 2 2 0 -

Papua New Guinea 3 - 4 - 7 - 4 -

Total Pacific 20 9 20 8 23 9 12 8

Total World 3,000 368 2,936 395 3,269 397 1,905 302

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