US drillers increased oil rigs to 885 last week: Baker Hughes

29/12/2018 Argaam

 

U.S. energy companies added two new oil rigs in the week ending on Dec. 28, bringing the total count to 885, General Electric Co.’s Baker Hughes energy services firm said in a report on Friday.

 

The number of gas rigs also increased by one rig from the previous week to 198. Gas rigs stood at 182 a year earlier.

 

US oil & gas rigs

Rigs

A year ago

Previous week

Week ending Dec. 28

Week-on-week change

YoY

Oil

747

883

885

+2

138

Gas

182

197

198

+1

16

Oil & Gas

929

1,080

1,083

+3

154

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