Africa Bucks The Trend Of Decreasing Rig Count

Section: In the news · May 2, 2013 · 1 comment |

Worldwide rig count for March 2013 was 3,488, down 191 from the 3,679 counted in February 2013 and down 175 from the 3,663 counted in March 2012.
The figures are compiled monthly by Baker Hughes, a supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry.
Africa’s rig count, however increased to 115 in March up by two from the 113 counted in February 2013 and up 26

from the 89 counted in March 2012.

March 2013 Rotary Rig Counts

		March 2013			Month	February 2013			March 2012
		Land	OS	Total	Variance	Land	OS	Total	Land	OS	Total
	Europe	80	53	133	-2	82	53	135	67	42	109
	Middle East*	295	41	336	-14	308	42	350	266	46	312
	Africa	83	32	115	2	77	36	113	54	35	89
	Latin America	352	85	437	10	339	88	427	351	87	438
	Asia Pacific	142	105	247	-3	146	104	250	151	93	244
International		952	316	1,268	-7	952	323	1,275	889	303	1,192

	United States	1,705	51	1,756	-6	1,708	54	1,762	1,936	43	1,979
	Canada	462	2	464	-178	641	1	642	492	0	492
North America		2,167	53	2,220	-184	2,349	55	2,404	2,428	43	2,471

Worldwide		3,119	369	3,488	-191	3,301	378	3,679	3,317	346	3,663

*	The Middle East rig count excludes rigs in Syria for February and March 2013 and Iraq for March 2012.

Africa Bucks The Trend Of Decreasing Rig Count

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