Activity Tracker™ Weekly Rig Count

Identify regional opportunities with accurate North American rig data

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Updated each Friday, the IHS Markit North American Onshore Weekly Rig Count is a weekly survey of the number of drilling rigs for exploration of oil or natural gas in the United States and Canada. Our team of analysts compiles oil rig data daily through direct contact with contractors and operators to derive dependable figures.

July 13, 2018

For a drilling rig to be counted, the rig must be actively marketable and contracted to drill. Contracted rigs can be moving from one location to another, waiting on equipment/weather, rigging up/down, or undergoing maintenance. Rig counts provided by other companies may use data that has been sourced differently or only report on actively operating drilling rigs, resulting in counts that may vary from those reported by IHS Markit.

The information provided and much more data on the North American rig fleet can be sourced via the IHS Markit Proprietary North American rigs information product, Activity Tracker.

For additional information, contact Rig Support.

North American Rigs

United States Rigs

	This Week	Last Week	Last Month	Last Year
Total Marketable	2954	2947	2930	2931
Drilling	1014	1043	1027	1010
Down	1940	1904	1903	1921
Utilization (%)	34%	35%	35%	34%

Canadian Rigs

	This Week	Last Week	Last Month	Last Year
Total Marketable	617	617	618	634
Drilling	185	169	135	210
Down	432	448	483	424
Utilization (%)	30%	27%	22%	33%

Regional Drilling

	This Week	%	Last Week	Last Month	Last Year
Gulf of Mexico	43	4%	42	44	38
Northeastern US	53	5%	54	54	67
Northern Louisiana/Arkansas	24	2%	22	25	33
Oklahoma	120	12%	121	116	139
Permian Basin	443	44%	445	429	394
Rocky Mountain	120	12%	123	114	125
Southeastern US	4	0.4%	3	4	7
Southern Louisiana	14	1%	14	9	11
Texas 1-4	86	8%	105	112	107
Texas 5,6,9,7B	42	4%	44	52	29
Texas 10, OKLA Panhandle, Kansas	35	3%	36	35	31
West Coast/Alaska	30	3%	34	33	29
Alberta	126	68%	114	89	125
British Columbia	12	6%	15	17	25
Manitoba	4	2%	3	2	6
Ontario	0	0.0%	0	1	0
Saskatchewan	43	23%	37	26	45

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