Exploration and Production

• Date: 01 January 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12499
• Published date: 01 January 2018

20 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, JANUARY 2018

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 160 - 207 2 171 2 215 -

United States 690 24 611 23 558 22 901 22

Argentina 90 1 59 - 70 - 73 -

Bolivia 5-5-4-3-

Brazil 17 21 2 11 3 7 6 10

Chile 1-4-2-3-

Colombia 11 1 19 - 16 - 24 -

Ecuador 2 - 7 - 5 - 6 -

Mexico 18 24 3 16 2 16 1 8

Peru 2 - 1 - - - 2 -

Trinidad and Tobago 2 5 1 2 1 2 4 1

Venezuela 63 5 49 3 48 3 35 4

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

Total W. Hem. 1,063 81 970 57 882 52 1,273 45

Denmark - 2 - 1 - 1 - -

France - - - - - - 2 -

Germany 6 - 4 - 4 - 2 -

Hungary 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 -

Italy 3 - 4 1 3 1 3 -

Netherlands 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1

Norway - 17 - 16 - 15 - 13

Poland 12 - 8 - 8 - 6 -

Turkey 30 - 29 - 29 - 22 -

United Kingdom - 8 - 11 - 10 1 5

Other OECD Europe 5 5 3 - 3 - 3 1

Total OECD Europe 60 34 51 30 50 28 42 20

Romania 7 - 5 1 6 - 6 1

Other non-OECD Europe 12 -858565

Total non-OECD Europe 19 - 13 6 14 5 12 6

Iran - - - - - - - -

Iraq 51 - 41 - 41 - 51 -

Kuwait 43 - 44 - 47 - 53 -

Oman 73 - 59 - 61 - 55 -

Qatar 25555433

Saudi Arabia 110 19 110 15 112 15 98 17

Syria 0-------

UAE 31 18 32 18 30 21 38 15

Yemen - - - - - - - -

Other Middle East 1 2 1 1 - - 2 -

Total Middle East 311 44 292 39 296 40 300 35

Algeria 49 - 52 - 53 - 55 -

Angola - 11 - 4 - 3 - 2

Congo-Brazzaville - 5 - - 1 2 - 2

Egypt 33 11 18 6 16 6 19 3

Gabon 1 1 - - - - 1 1

Libya - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

Nigeria 35221473

South Africa - 1 - - - - - -

Tunisia - - 1 1 1 1 - -

Other Africa 11 3 11 2 11 1 12 4

Total Africa 97 38 84 16 83 18 94 16

Brunei Darussalam - 1 - - - 2 - 1

China - 25 - 25 - 28 - 31

India 8515773977408232

Indonesia 20 5 15 1 13 1 30 4

Japan - - - 1 - 1 - 1

Malaysia - 5 - 4 - 4 - 6

Myanmar - 1 - 1 - 1 - -

Pakistan 23 - 21 - 21 - 19 -

Philippines - 4 1 - - - 1 -

Taiwan --------

Thailand 3 12 2 10 1 9 2 4

Vietnam - 3 - 4 - 4 - 3

Other Asia - 1 - - - - 6 -

Total Asia 131 72 116 85 112 90 140 82

Australia 88882214-

New Zealand - - - - - - - -

Papua New Guinea - - - - 3 - - 1

Total Pacific 8 8 8 8 5 2 14 1

Total World 1,689 277 1,534 241 1,442 235 1,875 205

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