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The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by six to 578 in the week to May 9. Baker Hughes said this week's decline puts the total rig count down 25, or 4% below this ...

Offshore oil rigs have made it possible to collect oil and natural gas from below the ocean's floor, appearing as massive megastructures in the middle of open water. Given their sheer size and ...

The total U.S. rig count is made up of 483 oil rigs, 99 gas rigs, and five miscellaneous rigs, according to Baker Hughes’ count, which revealed that the U.S. total comprises 527 horizontal rigs ...

April 11 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week cut oil rigs by the most in a week since June 2023, lowering the total oil and natural gas rig count for a third consecutive week, energy services ...

The total U.S. rig count is made up of 489 oil rigs, 96 gas rigs, and five miscellaneous rigs, according to the count, which revealed that the U.S. total comprises 529 horizontal rigs, 48 ...

The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. fell for a second consecutive week, shedding 2 to 590, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest report. The decline reduces the total ...

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by two to 590 in the week to April 4. Baker Hughes said this week's decline put the total rig count down 30 rigs, or 5% below ...

April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week cut the total number of rigs operating for a second week in a row, even as the number of oil rigs rose to the highest since June, energy services ...

Here, the ferries that shuttle workers to oil rigs in the nearby Gulf of Mexico periodically halt service due to nonpayment. The Hotel Llirre, which exclusively houses oil workers, sits mostly empty.

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell again this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Wednesday, after falling in the week prior.