Exploration and Production

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12655
• Date: 01 March 2020
• Published date: 01 March 2020

12 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, MARCH 2020

RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, MARCH 2020

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 184 - 133 2 240 - 202 2

United States 1,054 21 781 23 1030 19 770 21

Argentina 74 - 50 - 73 - 47 -

Bolivia

3-5-4-7-

Brazil

46684758

Chile

2-1-2-1-

Colombia 30 - 33 - 34 - 27 -

Ecuador

12-5-11-6-

Mexico 13 18 22 27 8 16 21 25

Peru

5-2-5-2-

Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1

Venezuela 25 2 25 - 25 2 25 -

Other W. Hem.

1-2-1-2-

Total W. Hem. 1,408 48 1,066 62 1,438 45 1,115 57

Denmark

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France

- -2 -2 -2 -

Germany

5-4-5-3-

Hungary

2-2-2-2-

Italy

214 13 -4 -

Netherlands

-1-3- - -1

Norway - 18 - 17 - 13 - 18

Poland

6-6-6-6-

Turkey 19 1 22 1 16 2 22 1

United Kingdom - 11 - 11 - 11 - 10

Other OECD Europe 2 2 2 1 3 - 1 1

Total OECD Europe 36 34 42 34 37 26 40 31

Romania 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -

Other non-OECD Europe

921159465

Total non-OECD Europe

19 2 21 5 19 4 16 5

Iran

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Iraq 62 - 77 - 62 - 77 -

Kuwait 41 - 50 - 46 - 53 -

Oman 51 - 53 - 51 - 53 -

Qatar 3 6 4 10 3 10 4 10

Saudi Arabia 104 21 98 17 98 25 94 17

Syria

0-- -- - --

UAE 36 21 42 24 37 22 42 24

Yemen

--1---1-

Other Middle East

217-125-

Total Middle East 299 49 332 51 298 59 329 51

Algeria

50-42-44-41-

Angola

-5-5-5 -6

Congo-Brazzaville

13-2-3 -2

Egypt 21 6 23 8 21 5 24 7

Gabon

4 -545254

Libya

7214272142

Nigeria

839810586

South Africa

--- --1 --

Tunisia

- -2 -2 -2 -

Other Africa

132166162166

Total Africa 104 21 111 35 105 25 110 33

Brunei Darussalam

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China - 35 - 38 - 41 - 39

India 85 39 77 32 85 38 77 32

Indonesia 21 3 22 4 19 3 22 3

Japan

- -2 -1 1 2 -

Malaysia - 7 - 12 - 8 - 11

Myanmar

---21--2

Pakistan 19 - 15 - 20 - 17 -

Philippines

- -2 -1 -2 -

Taiwan

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Thailand

25222421

Vietnam

-3-3-4 -2

Other Asia

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Total Asia 127 92 120 93 129 99 122 90

Australia

202241192231

New Zealand

- -2 -1 -2 -

Papua New Guinea

- -1 -1 -1 -

Total Pacific 20 2 27 121 2 26 1

Total World 2,013 248 1,719 281 2,047 260 1,758 268

Jan 2019 Jan 2020December 2018 December 2019

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200

400

600

800

1000

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Canada

United States

Latin America

OECD Euro

Other Euro

Middle East

Africa

S. & SE Asia

Australasia

All Rigs Active

Jan 2019 Jan 2020

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20

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80

100

120

Canada

United State

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Latin Amer

OECD Euro

Other Euro

Middle East

Africa

S. & SE Asia

Australasia

Offshore Rigs Active

Jan 2019 Jan 2020