Rigs and Wells

• Published date: 01 July 2013
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-9066.2013.00021.x
• Date: 01 July 2013

Table 9.1 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RIGS ACTIVE WORLDWIDE

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1977 2000 2007 2008 2009 2010

Total Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore

Canada 218 147 – 484 5 317 2 228 2 207 2 420 2 360 1 257 1

Mexico 148 75 3340 6683083289824602080259123

United States of America 2 001 992 94 940 167 1711 63 1,555 68 1,150 39 1,675 25 1,965 42 1,711 51

Trinidad and Tobago 15 2 3 15–5– 4– 3 1– 2 2 2 3

Argentina 68 61 – 68 – 87 – 70 – 55 – 61 – 64 – 75 –

Bolivia 6 7–10–2–3–4–5–5–9–

Brazil 45 16 6 9 16 21 25 29 30 32 34 34 41 37 49 33 38

Chile 5 2 3– 1 1 1 1– 4– 3– 4– 3–

Colombia 11 14 – 14 – 40 – 42 – 31 – 54 – 75 – 39 –

Ecuador 1 2 – 8 1 9 – 13 – 10 – 10 – 15 – 25 1

Paraguay 1––––––––––––––––

Peru 13 4 – 4 1 6 2 4 3 7 1 7 3 7 2 7 1

Venezuela 20 23 15 53 20 58 13 66 12 38 11 76 7 59 10 57 7

Other Western Hemisphere ––––– 2– 1– 1– 2 1 1 1––

Total Western Hemisphere 2 552 1 345 154 1 631 222 2 322 141 2 095 147 1 637 114 2 408 99 2 674 132 2 309 125

Austria 10 1––––––––– 2– 2–––

Denmark –– 1–4–2–3–3 2-–3–1

France 7 6– 1– 1– 1– 1––– 1– 1–

Germany 21 8– 2– 4 1 10– 4 1 7– 5– 6–

Hungary * ** 1– 2– 3– 2– 2– 1– 2–

Ireland, Republic of 2––––––––––––––––

Italy 12 17 67 -414–3 13 12 24 1

Netherlands 18 3 8 2 3 – 2 – 5 3 2 2 5 – 4 3 6

Norway 5– 15–24–19–25–22–19–10–25

Poland * **15–2–1–3–6 111–6–

Spain 6 1 1–––––––– 1–– 1––

United Kingdom 36 – 46 – 19 2 20 4 18 – 14 – 20 2 14 – 21

Turkey 16 17 – 6 – 5 – 6 – 6 – 10 1 24 1 26 –

Other OECD Europe – – – 3 2 8 – 3 – 9 2 8 2 5 7 9 5

Total OECD Europe 133 53 77 37 52 28 45 32 51 31 45 43 49 53 42 57 59

Croatia …………… 1–––– 1––––––

Romania ***** 2– 16 2 7– 13– 10– 8–

Other Non-OECD Europe *****–––––––– 7– 12–

Total Non-OECD Europe ***** 3– 16 2 7 1 13– 17– 20–

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