Rigs and Wells

• Published date: 01 July 2016
• Date: 01 July 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oets.70

Table 9.1 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RIGS ACTIVE WORLDWIDE

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1977 2000 2010 2011 2012 2013

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

Canada 218 147 –484 5420 2360 1257 1281 1205 3160 -

Mexico 148 75 33 40 660 20 80 25 91 23 64 34 30 42 18 24

United States of America 2 001 992 94 940 167 1,675 25 1,965 42 1,711 51 1,690 61 1,756 55 690 24

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

Argentina 68 61 –68 –61 –64 –75 –94 –112 1 90 1

Bolivia 6 7 –10 –5–5–9–11 –6–5–

Brazil 45 16 6 916 34 41 37 49 33 38 20 34 17 25 17 21

Chile 5 2 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 1 –

Colombia 11 14 – 14 – 54 – 75 – 39 – 45 – 46 – 11 1

Ecuador 1 2 – 8 1 10 – 15 – 25 1 25 1 17 1 2 –

Paraguay 1 ––––––––––––––––

Peru 13 4 – 4 1 7 3 7 2 7 1 5 1 2 3 2 –

Venezuela 20 23 15 53 20 76 759 10 57 772 551 963 5

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

Total Western Hemisphere 2 552 1 345 154 1 631 222 2 408 99 2 674 132 2 309 125 2 312 138 2 248 139 1 063 81

Austria 10 1 – – – 2 – 2 ––– 2 – 2 – – –

Denmark – – 1 –4 2 -–3–1–2–1–2

France 7 6 – 1 ––– 1 – 1 – 2 – 3 – – –

Germany 21 8 – 2 – 7 – 5 – 6 – 4 – 3 – 6 –

Hungary *** 1 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 2 –

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

Italy 12 17 6 7 - 3 1 2 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 3–

Netherlands 18 3 8 2 3 2 5 – 4 3 6 2 3 3 7 2 2

Norway 5 – 15 –24 –19 –10 –25 –14 –14 –17

Poland ***15 –6 1 11 –6–9–7–12 –

Spain 6 1 1 – – 1 – – 1 – – 1 – – 1 – –

United Kingdom 36 – 46 – 19 – 20 2 14 – 21 – 12 2 18 – 8

Turkey 16 17 – 6 – 10 1 24 1 26 – 36 – 43 1 30 –

Other OECD Europe ––– 3 2 8 2 5 7 9 5 4 6 3 6 5 5

Total OECD Europe 133 53 77 37 52 43 49 53 42 57 59 64 38 71 49 60 34

Croatia … … … … … – – – – – – 1 1 1 – – –

Romania * * * * * 13 – 10 – 8 – 8 – 13 2 7 –

Other Non-OECD Europe *****– – 7 – 12 – 14 – 12 – 12 –

Total Non-OECD Europe * * * * * 13 – 17 – 20 – 23 1 26 2 19 –

2014

2015

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