Chinese oil rig Haiyang Shi You 981 is seen surrounded by ships of China Coast Guard in the South China Sea, about 210 km (130 miles) off shore of Vietnam May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Nguyen Minh ...

This week Esgian’s Week 50 Rig Analytics Market Roundup notes developments in the semisub sector including that Shell has decided to exercise its option on Stena Don in the North Sea but not on ...

Baker Hughes (BKR) reports that the U.S. rig count is down 1 from last week to 582 with oil rigs down 2 to 477, gas rigs up 1 to 100 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 5. The U.S. Rig Count is down ...

US oil and gas drilling rig activity increased this week with the addition of 7 rigs, bringing the total working rigs to 549. This week’s count, however, is down 38 rigs from the comparable period a ...

The rig count in the Permian Basin was up five this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 303 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 311 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, ...

Baker Hughes (BKR) reports that the U.S. rig count is unchanged from last week at 589 with oil rigs unchanged at 482, gas rigs up 1 to 103 and miscellaneous rigs down 1 to 4. U.S. Rig Count is down 34 ...

The active rig count in the US was up by 4 units for the week ended Feb. 7 with 586 rigs running, according to Baker Hughes data. The number of working oil-directed rigs in the US increased by 1 unit ...