Exploration and Production

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12414
• Published date: 01 October 2017
• Date: 01 October 2017

18 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, OCTOBER 2017

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 160 - 207 2 128 1 216 1

United States 690 24 611 23 464 17 923 17

Argentina 90 1 59 - 65 - 65 -

Bolivia 5-5-3-3-

Brazil 17 21 2 11 5 13 4 12

Chile 1-4-3-3-

Colombia 11 1 19 - 8 - 22 1

Ecuador 2 - 7 - 4 - 6 -

Mexico 18 24 3 16 7 19 6 15

Peru 2 -1 -1 -2 -

Trinidad and Tobago 2 5 1 2 1 2 4 3

Venezuela 63 5 49 3 50 3 44 6

Other W. Hem. 2 - 2 - 1 - - -

Total W. Hem. 1,063 81 970 57 740 55 1,298 55

Denmark - 2 - 1 - - - 1

France --- -- -1-

Germany 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 -

Hungary 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 -

Italy 3 - 4 1 4 - 2 -

Netherlands 2 2 1 1 - - - 2

Norway - 17 - 16 - 17 - 13

Poland 12 - 8 - 8 - 10 -

Turkey 30 - 29 - 31 - 20 -

United Kingdom - 8 - 11 - - - 10

Other OECD Europe 5 5 3 - 1 - 5 2

Total OECD Europe 60 34 51 30 48 17 41 28

Romania 7 - 5 1 5 - 5 -

Other non-OECD Europe 12-855965

Total non-OECD Europe 19 - 13 6 10 9 11 5

Iran --------

Iraq 51 - 41 - 38 - 53 -

Kuwait 43 - 44 - 47 - 55 -

Oman 73 - 59 - 65 - 54 -

Qatar 25553246

Saudi Arabia 110 19 110 15 107 17 102 17

Syria 0-------

UAE 31 18 32 18 28 23 35 16

Yemen - - - - - - - -

Other Middle East 1 2 1 1 1 - 1 2

Total Middle East 311 44 292 39 289 42 304 41

Algeria 49 - 52 - 56 - 58 -

Angola - 11 - 4 - 4 - 2

Congo-Brazzaville - 5 - - - 1 - 2

Egypt 33 11 18 6 19 8 21 2

Gabon 1 1 - - - - 1 -

Libya - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

Nigeria 35223354

South Africa - 1 - - - - - -

Tunisia - - 1 1 - - - -

Other Africa 11 3 11 2 11 2 11 5

Total Africa 97 38 84 16 89 19 96 16

Brunei Darussalam - 1 - - - 1 2 1

China - 25 - 25 - 26 - 24

India 8515773978378028

Indonesia 20 5 15 1 16 3 21 2

Japan - - - 1 - - 1 1

Malaysia - 5 - 4 - 4 - 7

Myanmar - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

Pakistan 23 - 21 - 21 - 24 -

Philippines - 4 1 - 3 - 1 -

Taiwan --------

Thailand 3 12 2 10 1 12 3 8

Vietnam - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4

Other Asia - 1 - - - - - -

Total Asia 131 72 116 85 119 89 132 76

Australia 8 8 8 8 3 3 12 -

New Zealand - - - - - - - -

Papua New Guinea - - - - 1 - - 1

Total Pacific 8 88 843121

Total World 1,689 277 1,534 241 1,299 234 1,894 222

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