US drillers add 3 oil rigs in week ending Feb. 15: Baker Hughes

16/02/2019 Argaam

 

U.S. energy companies added three oil rigs in the week ending Feb. 15, bringing the total count to 857, General Electric Co.’s Baker Hughes energy services firm said in its closely followed report on Friday.

 

The natural gas rig count decreased by one rig to 194 rigs for the week, compared to 177 rigs a year earlier.

 

The U.S. rig count, an early indicator of future output, is still higher than a year ago when 798 rigs were active after energy companies boosted spending in 2018 to capture higher prices that year.

 

US oil & gas rigs

Rigs

A year ago

Previous week

Week ending Feb. 15

Week-on-week change

YoY

Oil

798

854

857

+3

59+

Gas

177

195

194

(1)

17+

Oil & Gas

975

1049

1051

+2

76+

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