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.

December 14, 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	2806	2821	2927	2958
Drilling	1077	1090	1087	1033
Down	1729	1731	1740	1925
Utilization (%)	38%	39%	38%	35%

Canadian Rigs

	This Week	Last Week	Last Month	Last Year
Total Marketable	597	597	597	624
Drilling	165	171	208	228
Down	432	426	389	396
Utilization (%)	28%	29%	35%	37%

Regional Drilling

	This Week	%	Last Week	Last Month	Last Year
Gulf of Mexico	45	4%	42	40	39
Northeastern US	34	3%	41	49	65
Northern Louisiana/Arkansas	29	3%	26	22	38
Oklahoma	120	11%	122	129	125
Permian Basin	467	43%	472	467	414
Rocky Mountain	131	12%	135	140	130
Southeastern US	6	0.6%	5	7	5
Southern Louisiana	16	1%	20	20	17
Texas 1-4	116	11%	110	101	99
Texas 5,6,9,7B	51	5%	51	39	43
Texas 10, OKLA Panhandle, Kansas	35	3%	36	37	33
West Coast/Alaska	27	3%	30	36	25
Alberta	117	71%	115	136	162
British Columbia	16	10%	19	19	18
Manitoba	2	1%	2	1	4
Ontario	0	0.0%	0	0	0
Saskatchewan	30	18%	35	52	44

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