Rigs and Wells

Published date01 July 2017
Date01 July 2017
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1111/oets.12011
Table 9.1 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RIGS ACTIVE WORLDWIDE
(End of Period)
1977 2000 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore
Canada 218 147 484 5360 1257 1281 1205 3160 207 2
Mexico 148 75 33 40 680 25 91 23 64 34 30 42 18 24 316
United States of America 2 001 992 94 940 167 1,965 42 1,711 51 1,690 61 1,756 55 690 24 611 23
Trinidad and Tobago 15 2 3 1 5 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 5 1 2
Argentina 68 61 68 64 75 94 112 1 90 1 59
Bolivia 6 7 10 5911 655
Brazil 45 16 6 916 37 49 33 38 20 34 17 25 17 21 2 11
Chile 5 2 3 1 4 3 3 4 1 4
Colombia 11 14 14 75 39 45 46 11 1 19
Ecuador 1 2 8 1 15 25 1 25 1 17 1 2 7
Paraguay 1 …………………………………………
Peru 13 4 4 1 7 2 7 1 5 1 2 3 2 1
Venezuela 20 23 15 53 20 59 10 57 772 551 963 549 3
Other Western Hemisphere …………… 1 1 ……………… 2 2
Total Western Hemisphere 2 552 1 345 154 1 631 222 2 674 132 2 309 125 2 312 138 2 248 139 1 063 81 970 57
Austria 10 1 … … … 2 … … … 2 2 ……………
Denmark … … 1 4312121
France 7 6 1 1 1 2 3 ……………
Germany 21 8 2 5 6 4 3 6 4
Hungary *** 1 1 2 1 2 2 2
Ireland, Republic of 2 …………………………………………
Italy 12 17 6 72 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 34 1
Netherlands 18 3 8 2 3 4 3 6 2 3 3 7 2 2 1 1
Norway 5 15 24 10 25 14 14 17 16
Poland ***15 11 69712 8
Spain 6 1 1 ……… 1 … … 1 … … 1 … … 1
United Kingdom 36 46 19 2 14 21 12 2 18 8 11
Turkey 16 17 6 24 1 26 36 43 1 30 29
Other OECD Europe ……… 3 2 5 7 9 5 4 6 3 6 5 5 2
Total OECD Europe 133 53 77 37 52 53 42 57 59 64 38 71 49 60 34 51 30
Croatia ……………………… 1 1 1 ……………
Romania * * * * * 10 8 8 13 2 7 5 1
Other Non-OECD Europe ***** 7 12 14 12 12 8 5
Total Non-OECD Europe * * * * * 17 20 23 1 26 2 19 13 6
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