Exploration and Production

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12505
• Date: 01 April 2018
• Published date: 01 April 2018

18 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, APRIL 2018

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 207 2 325 - 340 2 273 -

United States 611 23 1,261 - 724 20 971 13

Argentina 59 - 71 - 54 - 69 -

Bolivia 5 - 3 - 4 - 3 -

Brazil 2 11 6 8 3 11 6 11

Chile 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 -

Colombia 19 - 25 - 21 1 24 -

Ecuador 7 - 5 - 7 - 6 -

Mexico 3 16 3 12 3 13 6 13

Peru 1 - 4 - 1 - 4 -

Trinidad and Tobago 1 2 4 1 2 3 5 2

Venezuela 49 3 45 5 50 4 43 4

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

Total W. Hem. 970 57 1,755 26 1,211 54 1,412 43

Denmark - 1 - - - 1 - -

France - - 2 - 1 - 2 -

Germany 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 -

Hungary 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 -

Italy 4 1 4 - 4 - 2 1

Netherlands 1 1 1 3 - 2 1 2

Norway - 16 - 16 - 16 - 13

Poland 8 - 6 - 10 - 6 -

Turkey 29 - 18 - 29 - 18 -

United Kingdom - 11 1 4 - 11 1 6

Other OECD Europe 3 - 3 1 2 1 3 1

Total OECD Europe 51 30 40 24 50 31 37 23

Romania 5 1 3 1 7 - 6 1

Other non-OECD Europe 856512743

Total non-OECD Europe 13 6 9 6 19 7 10 4

Iran - - - - - - - -

Iraq 41 - 54 - 40 - 58 -

Kuwait 44 - 53 - 59 - 54 -

Oman 59 - 55 - 56 1 54 -

Qatar 5 5 3 3 5 6 3 6

Saudi Arabia 110 15 92 19 103 17 103 14

Syria 0 - - - - - - -

UAE 32 18 39 14 33 16 38 15

Yemen - - - - - - - -

Other Middle East 1 1 2 - 2 - 2 2

Total Middle East 292 39 298 36 298 40 312 37

Algeria 52 - 50 - 50 - 53 -

Angola - 4 - 2 - 3 - 4

Congo-Brazzaville - - - 2 - 1 - 3

Egypt 18 6 17 5 18 5 18 3

Gabon - - 1 1 - - 1 2

Libya - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

Nigeria 2 2 5 4 5 2 10 6

South Africa - - - - - - - -

Tunisia 1 1 - - - - - -

Other Africa 11 2 11 1 12 2 10 2

Total Africa 84 16 84 16 85 14 92 21

Brunei Darussalam - - 1 1 1 1 - 1

China - 25 - 32 - 18 1 27

India 77 39 83 33 80 35 84 27

Indonesia 15 1 32 2 21 2 29 5

Japan - 1 - 1 - - - -

Malaysia - 4 - 7 - 3 - 8

Myanmar - 1 - - - 1 - -

Pakistan 21 - 20 - 21 - 26 -

Philippines 1 - 1 - 1 - - -

Taiwan - - - - - - - -

Thailand 2 10 2 5 3 10 2 7

Vietnam - 4 - 2 - 3 - 3

Other Asia - - 6 - - 1 5 -

Total Asia 116 85 145 83 127 74 147 78

Australia 7 2 14 - 12 2 15 1

New Zealand - - - - - - - -

Papua New Guinea 3 - 1 - 2 - - -

Total Pacific 10 2 15 - 14 2 15 1

Total World 1,536 235 2,346 191 1,804 222 2,025 207

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