Rigs and Wells
Date | 01 July 2014 |
DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-9066.2014.00035.x |
Published date | 01 July 2014 |
Table 9.1 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RIGS ACTIVE WORLDWIDE
(End of Period)
1977 2000 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore Land Offshore
Canada 218 147 – 484 5 228 2 207 2 420 2 360 1 257 1 281 1
Mexico 148 75 3340 6832898246020802591236434
United States of America 2 001 992 94 940 167 1,555 68 1,150 39 1,675 25 1,965 42 1,711 51 1,690 61
Trinidad and Tobago 15 2 3 1 5 – 4 – 3 1 – 2 2 2 3 2 1
Argentina 68 61 – 68 – 70 – 55 – 61 – 64 – 75 – 94 –
Bolivia 6 7–10–3–4–5–5–9–11–
Brazil 45 16 6 9 16 29 30 32 34 34 41 37 49 33 38 20 34
Chile 5 2 3– 1 1– 4– 3– 4– 3– 3–
Colombia 11 14 – 14 – 42 – 31 – 54 – 75 – 39 – 45 –
Ecuador 1 2 – 8 1 13 – 10 – 10 – 15 – 25 1 25 1
Paraguay 1––––––––––––––––
Peru 13 4 – 4 1 4 3 7 1 7 3 7 2 7 1 5 1
Venezuela 20 23 15 53 20 66 12 38 11 76 7 59 10 57 7 72 5
Other Western Hemisphere ––––– 1– 1– 2 1 1 1––––
Total Western Hemisphere 2 552 1 345 154 1 631 222 2 095 147 1 637 114 2 408 99 2 674 132 2 309 125 2 312 138
Austria 10 1––––––– 2– 2––– 2–
Denmark –– 1–4–3–3 2-–3–1–2
France 7 6– 1– 1– 1––– 1– 1– 2–
Germany 21 8– 2– 10– 4 1 7– 5– 6– 4–
Hungary * ** 1– 3– 2– 2– 1– 2– 1–
Ireland, Republic of 2––––––––––––––––
Italy 12 17 67 -4–3 13 12 24 13 1
Netherlands 18 3 8 2 3 – 5 3 2 2 5 – 4 3 6 2 3
Norway 5– 15–24–25–22–19–10–25–14
Poland * **15–1–3–6 111–6–9–
Spain 6 1 1–––––– 1–– 1–– 1–
United Kingdom 36 – 46 – 19 4 18 – 14 – 20 2 14 – 21 – 12
Turkey 16 17 – 6 – 6 – 6 – 10 1 24 1 26 – 36 –
Other OECD Europe – – – 3 2 3 – 9 2 8 2 5 7 9 5 4 6
Total OECD Europe 133 53 77 37 52 32 51 31 45 43 49 53 42 57 59 64 38
Croatia …………… – – – 1–––––– 1 1
Romania ***** 16 2 7– 13– 10– 8– 8–
Other Non-OECD Europe *****–––––– 7– 12– 14–
Total Non-OECD Europe ***** 16 2 7 1 13– 17– 20– 23 1
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