Exploration and Production

• Date: 01 December 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12310
• Published date: 01 December 2016

16 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, DECEMBER 2016

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 205 3 160 - 183 1 154 2

United States 1,756 55 690 24 758 33 521 23

Argentina 112 1 90 1 104 1 69 -

Bolivia 6 - 5 - 5 - 5 -

Brazil 17 25 17 21 16 20 4 10

Chile 4 - 1 - 1 - 3 -

Colombia 46 - 11 1 19 1 11 -

Ecuador 17 1 2 - 6 - 6 -

Mexico 30 42 18 24 15 23 4 17

Peru 2 3 2 - 1 0 1 -

Trinidad and Tobago 2 - 2 5 4 5 1 2

Venezuela 51 9 63 5 66 5 47 1

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

Total W. Hem. 2,248 139 1,063 81 1,180 89 827 55

Denmark - 1 - 2 - 2 - 1

France 3 - - - - - - -

Germany 3 - 6 - 3 - 2 -

Hungary 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 -

Italy 3 1 3 - 2 1 3 -

Netherlands 3 7 2 2 2 1 2 2

Norway - 14 - 17 - 15 - 9

Poland 7 - 12 - 8 - 8 -

Turkey 43 1 30 - 29 - 31 -

United Kingdom 2 18 - 8 - 14 - 8

Other OECD Europe 5 7 5 5 2 8 - -

Total OECD Europe 71 49 60 34 48 41 47 20

Romania 13 2 7 - 5 2 6 -

Other non-OECD Europe 13 - 12 - 11 - 8 5

Total non-OECD Europe 26 2 19 - 16 2 14 5

Iran - - - - - - - -

Iraq 61 - 51 - 50 - 42 -

Kuwait 45 - 43 - 40 - 48 -

Oman 57 - 73 - 68 - 64 -

Qatar 2 7 2 5 2 4 5 7

Saudi Arabia 97 18 110 19 106 19 110 16

Syria 0 - 0 - - - - -

UAE 25 13 31 18 25 25 30 24

Yemen 3 - - - - - - -

Other Middle East 3 1 1 2 1 - 1 -

Total Middle East 293 39 311 44 292 48 300 47

Algeria 49 - 49 - 49 - 53 -

Angola - 14 - 11 - 12 - 2

Congo-Brazzaville 1 6 - 5 - 3 - -

Egypt 46 6 33 11 34 6 18 5

Gabon 5 2 1 1 - 2 - -

Libya 4 3 - 1 - 1 - 1

Nigeria 11 7 3 5 4 5 1 3

South Africa - - - 1 - 1 - -

Tunisia 3 - - - - - 1 1

Other Africa 18 15 11 3 11 5 11 3

Total Africa 137 53 97 38 98 35 84 15

Brunei Darussalam - 2 - 1 - 2 - -

China - 36 - 25 - 28 - 28

India 85 29 85 15 87 23 77 35

Indonesia 28 12 20 5 19 4 16 1

Japan - - - - - - - 1

Malaysia - 8 - 5 - 7 - 5

Myanmar 1 1 - 1 - - - -

Pakistan 19 - 23 - 23 - 21 -

Philippines 4 - - 4 2 - 1 -

Taiwan - - - - - - - -

Thailand 4 10 3 12 3 14 1 10

Vietnam - 5 - 3 - 3 - 2

Other Asia - 2 - 1 - 1 - -

Total Asia 141 105 131 72 134 82 116 82

Australia 13 5 8 8 9 7 2 1

New Zealand 3 3 0 - - - - -

Papua New Guinea 4 - 0 2 4 - 1 -

Total Pacific 20 8 8 10 13 7 3 1

Total World 2,936 395 1,689 279 1,781 304 1,391 225

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