This week’s Baker Hughes rig count shows that U.S. added 3 over last week, resulting in a total count of 257 .
The International Rig Count was 563 onshore and 184 offshore for a total of 747. This is 4 up from July.
The World Wide Rig Count for August was 851 onshore and 199 offshore for a total of 1050. That is up 20 from July.
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Breakdown by region
Of the regions tracked by Baker Hughes, only one region, the Haynesville saw an increase this week.
Meanwhile, 1 region experienced a decrease this week:
- The Permian is at 125, down 2 from last week.
| Major Basin Variances | This Week | +/- | |
| Ardmore Woodford | 0 | 0 | |
| Arkoma Woodford | 1 | 0 | |
| Barnett | 0 | 0 | |
| Cana Woodford | 6 | 0 | |
| DJ-Niobrara | 4 | 0 | |
| Eagle Ford | 9 | 0 | |
| Granite Wash | 1 | 0 | |
| Haynesville | 35 | 3 | |
| Marcellus | 26 | 0 | |
| Mississippian | 0 | 0 | |
| Permian | 125 | -2 | |
| Utica | 5 | 0 | |
| Williston | 10 | 0 | |
All other regions saw no net change in the active rig count.
World Wide Rig Count
August 2020 Rig Counts
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August 2020 |
July 2020 |
August 2019 |
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| Land | Offshore | Total | Month Variance |
Land | Offshore | Total | Land | Offshore | Total | |||||||||||||||
| Latin America |
45 |
30 |
75 |
1 |
43 |
31 |
74 |
164 |
30 |
194 |
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| Europe |
84 |
25 |
109 |
4 |
82 |
23 |
105 |
142 |
51 |
193 |
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| Africa |
60 |
2 |
62 |
6 |
55 |
1 |
56 |
97 |
18 |
115 |
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| Middle East |
262 |
39 |
301 |
-14 |
277 |
38 |
315 |
363 |
53 |
416 |
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| Asia Pacific |
112 |
88 |
200 |
7 |
103 |
90 |
193 |
128 |
92 |
220 |
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| International |
563 |
184 |
747 |
4 |
560 |
183 |
743 |
894 |
244 |
1,138 |
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| United States |
237 |
13 |
250 |
-5 |
243 |
12 |
255 |
900 |
26 |
926 |
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| Canada |
51 |
2 |
53 |
21 |
31 |
1 |
32 |
139 |
3 |
142 |
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| North America |
288 |
15 |
303 |
16 |
274 |
13 |
287 |
1,039 |
29 |
1,068 |
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| Worldwide |
851 |
199 |
1,050 |
20 |
834 |
196 |
1,030 |
1,933 |
273 |
2,206 |
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