Energy Preview: US Total Rig Count Holds Steady, Says Baker Hughes

5 Dec 2022 , 08:43 AM

The number of total active drilling rigs in the United States stayed the same this week, according to new data from Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count stayed at 784 this week?215 rigs higher than the rig count this time in 2021, and 291 rigs lower than the rig count at the beginning of 2019, prior to the pandemic. Oil rigs in the United States held steady this week, at 627, while gas rigs stayed at 155. Miscellaneous rigs stayed the same at 2.Powered by Commodity Insights