Exploration and Production

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.2_12402
• Date: 01 April 2017
• Published date: 01 April 2017

20 RIGS ACTIVE OIL AND ENERGY TRENDS, APRIL 2017

Table 3 Estimated Number of Rigs Active Worldwide

Month end

Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 160 - 207 2 208 3 340 2

United States 690 24 611 23 506 26 724 20

Argentina 90 1 59 - 64 1 54 -

Bolivia 5 - 5 - 5 - 4 -

Brazil 17 21 2 11 18 17 3 11

Chile 1 - 4 - 3 - 2 -

Colombia 11 1 19 - 7 - 21 1

Ecuador 2 - 7 - 4 - 7 -

Mexico 18 24 3 16 16 23 3 13

Peru 2 - 1 - 0 - 1 -

Trinidad and Tobago 2 5 1 2 2 5 2 3

Venezuela 63 5 49 3 65 4 50 4

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

Total W. Hem. 1,063 81 970 57 900 79 1,211 54

Denmark - 2 - 1 - 2 - 1

France - - - - 1 - 1 -

Germany 6 - 4 - 7 - 3 -

Hungary 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 -

Italy 3 - 4 1 3 1 4 -

Netherlands 2 2 1 1 1 1 - 2

Norway - 17 - 16 - 18 - 16

Poland 12 - 8 - 7 - 10 -

Turkey 30 - 29 - 29 - 29 -

United Kingdom - 8 - 11 1 7 - 11

Other OECD Europe 5 5 3 - 3 6 2 1

Total OECD Europe 60 34 51 30 54 35 50 31

Romania 7 - 5 1 7 - 7 -

Other non-OECD Europe 12 - 8 5 10 - 12 7

Total non-OECD Europe 19 - 13 6 17 - 19 7

Iran - - - - - - - -

Iraq 51 - 41 - 49 - 40 -

Kuwait 43 - 44 - 43 - 59 -

Oman 73 - 59 - 71 - 56 1

Qatar 2 5 5 5 2 4 5 6

Saudi Arabia 110 19 110 15 111 17 103 17

Syria 0 - - - - - - -

UAE 31 18 32 18 31 19 33 16

Yemen - - - - - - - -

Other Middle East 1 2 1 1 1 - 2 -

Total Middle East 311 44 292 39 308 40 298 40

Algeria 49 - 52 - 52 - 50 -

Angola - 11 - 4 - 8 - 3

Congo-Brazzaville - 5 - - - 2 - 1

Egypt 33 11 18 6 25 10 18 5

Gabon 1 1 - - 1 - -

Libya - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

Nigeria 3 5 2 2 4 2 5 2

South Africa - 1 - - - 1 - -

Tunisia - - 1 1 - - - -

Other Africa 11 3 11 2 11 7 12 2

Total Africa 97 38 84 16 93 31 85 14

Brunei Darussalam - 1 - - - 2 1 1

China - 25 - 25 - 25 - 18

India 85 15 77 39 84 15 80 35

Indonesia 20 5 15 1 16 2 21 2

Japan - - - 1 - - - -

Malaysia - 5 - 4 - 5 - 3

Myanmar - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

Pakistan 23 - 21 - 21 - 21 -

Philippines - 4 1 - 3 - 1 -

Taiwan - - - - - - - -

Thailand 3 12 2 10 4 12 3 10

Vietnam - 3 - 4 - 1 - 3

Other Asia - 1 - - - 1 - 1

Total Asia 131 72 116 85 128 64 127 74

Australia 8 8 7 2 4 5 12 2

New Zealand - - - - - - - -

Papua New Guinea - 2 3 - 2 - 2 -

Total Pacific 8 10 10 2 6 5 14 2

Total World 1,689 279 1,536 235 1,506 254 1,804 222

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