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Industry Statistics

Included in this section: Industry Statistics Crude Oil Prices Crude Oil Statistics Comparative Prices Economic Statistics Exploration Statistics » Rotary Rig Count Natural Gas Storage Natural Gas Statistics Natural Gas Prices U.S. Petroleum Statistics

Reports & Statistics » Industry Statistics

Rotary Rig Count:
Provides weekly statistics on rotary rigs drilling for oil and natural gas, broken down into geographic categories.
	This document is available as an Excel Spreadsheet or as a ZIP file .

Date Oil Gas Misc# Total Offshore Inland Onshore Canada 1/5/1996 297 404 10 711 109 15 602 1/12/1996 290 406 8 704 112 11 592 1/19/1996 300 408 8 716 109 12 607 1/26/1996 291 404 8 703 111 14 592 2/2/1996 295 389 9 693 103 18 590 2/9/1996 281 407 7 695 100 16 595 2/16/1996 285 417 5 707 100 15 607 2/23/1996 269 431 5 705 100 15 605 3/1/1996 265 436 6 707 98 14 609 3/8/1996 290 421 8 719 97 15 622 3/15/1996 284 403 6 693 89 12 604 3/22/1996 297 422 6 725 94 12 631 3/29/1996 296 425 7 728 99 12 629 4/5/1996 291 426 8 725 107 15 618 4/12/1996 283 445 7 735 114 10 621 4/19/1996 285 451 11 747 117 12 630 4/26/1996 284 460 13 757 114 19 643 5/3/1996 285 449 15 749 114 19 635 5/10/1996 290 474 8 772 123 17 649 5/17/1996 285 463 9 757 118 19 639 5/24/1996 291 478 6 775 114 16 661 5/31/1996 288 472 5 765 109 23 656 6/7/1996 301 475 5 781 115 22 666 6/14/1996 304 464 5 773 107 20 666 6/21/1996 295 465 5 765 111 20 654 6/28/1996 293 480 4 777 112 19 665 7/5/1996 292 486 4 782 107 19 675 7/12/1996 291 493 4 788 106 23 682 7/19/1996 296 490 4 790 108 22 682 7/26/1996 280 482 12 774 106 23 668 8/2/1996 297 483 21 801 107 21 694 8/9/1996 305 483 21 809 105 24 704 8/16/1996 298 484 23 805 110 18 695 8/23/1996 297 499 32 828 106 22 722 8/30/1996 288 493 31 812 111 20 701 9/6/1996 293 492 5 790 105 21 685 9/13/1996 300 503 5 808 105 22 703 9/20/1996 309 511 5 825 111 20 714 9/27/1996 302 515 5 822 113 20 709 10/4/1996 311 503 5 819 114 15 705 10/11/1996 313 505 10 827 102 24 725 10/18/1996 319 514 12 845 106 23 739 10/25/1996 336 503 14 853 104 26 749 11/1/1996 346 491 2 839 104 25 735 11/8/1996 349 486 3 838 105 27 733 11/15/1996 366 481 2 849 108 25 741 11/22/1996 374 475 2 851 107 27 744 11/27/1996 382 477 2 861 108 29 753 12/6/1996 366 488 2 856 111 23 745 12/13/1996 364 475 2 841 114 22 727 12/20/1996 360 496 2 858 119 22 739 12/27/1996 353 496 2 851 116 24 735 305.807692307692 464.980769230769 8.19230769230769 778.961538461538 107.961538461538 19.2115384615385 671 1/3/1997 363 480 2 845 117 24 728 1/10/1997 346 477 2 825 111 25 714 1/17/1997 335 482 1 818 110 23 708 1/24/1997 333 481 1 815 107 23 708 1/31/1997 333 472 2 807 107 20 700 2/7/1997 350 481 2 833 111 21 722 2/14/1997 362 496 2 860 106 21 754 2/21/1997 354 508 1 863 106 26 757 2/28/1997 357 481 2 840 104 27 736 3/7/1997 363 517 2 882 129 25 75 3/14/1997 366 517 2 885 126 25 759 3/21/1997 379 525 1 905 122 26 783 3/28/1997 400 514 1 915 126 29 789 4/4/1997 384 533 1 918 127 28 791 4/11/1997 371 541 1 913 126 27 787 4/18/1997 372 511 2 885 125 28 760 4/25/1997 365 520 4 889 126 27 764 5/2/1997 369 508 4 881 123 26 758 5/9/1997 374 535 4 913 119 25 794 5/16/1997 368 545 4 917 120 26 797 5/23/1997 387 557 4 948 120 25 828 5/30/1997 395 562 4 961 119 26 842 6/6/1997 404 580 4 988 120 26 868 6/13/1997 393 585 4 982 126 24 856 6/20/1997 393 570 3 966 117 25 849 6/27/1997 392 572 2 966 122 24 844 7/4/1997 380 583 2 965 122 25 843 7/11/1997 368 593 3 964 124 24 840 7/18/1997 381 578 3 962 129 26 833 7/25/1997 398 583 3 984 125 28 859 8/1/1997 410 582 3 995 124 25 871 8/8/1997 429 555 3 987 124 25 863 8/15/1997 417 580 2 999 125 26 874 8/22/1997 406 596 3 1005 126 25 879 8/29/1997 383 594 3 980 126 26 854 9/5/1997 404 625 3 1032 125 26 907 9/12/1997 386 623 3 1012 129 25 883 9/19/1997 387 603 3 993 127 21 866 9/26/1997 392 603 3 998 129 20 869 10/3/1997 384 613 4 1001 128 16 873 10/10/1997 392 578 4 974 121 16 853 10/17/1997 404 579 4 987 114 20 873 10/24/1997 397 602 4 1003 120 24 883 10/31/1997 373 640 4 1017 121 23 896 11/7/1997 343 638 4 985 125 21 860 11/14/1997 359 631 4 994 126 22 868 11/21/1997 342 601 4 947 126 22 821 11/28/1997 371 630 4 1005 129 22 876 12/5/1997 365 645 4 1014 128 25 886 12/12/1997 361 647 4 1012 124 22 888 12/19/1997 361 654 4 1019 131 24 888 12/26/1997 357 646 4 1007 131 24 876 376.115384615385 564.461538461538 2.90384615384615 943.480769230769 121.75 24.1346153846154 808.711538461538 1/2/1998 366 633 4 1003 129 23 874 1/9/1998 361 625 4 990 139 22 851 1/16/1998 387 598 4 989 132 23 857 1/23/1998 396 595 5 996 132 25 864 1/30/1998 389 593 5 987 134 25 853 2/6/1998 385 584 5 974 134 22 840 2/13/1998 385 582 5 972 139 22 833 2/20/1998 372 612 5 989 142 27 847 2/27/1998 376 579 5 960 139 25 821 3/6/1998 360 592 5 957 139 25 818 3/13/1998 321 617 4 942 140 22 802 3/20/1998 321 613 3 937 136 25 801 3/27/1998 304 583 3 890 129 24 761 4/3/1998 295 577 3 875 135 23 740 4/10/1998 298 588 3 889 136 26 753 4/17/1998 294 601 3 898 142 21 756 4/24/1998 278 599 3 880 136 21 744 5/1/1998 272 601 3 876 133 20 743 5/8/1998 271 571 3 845 131 28 714 5/15/1998 281 592 3 876 133 27 743 5/22/1998 269 583 3 855 134 27 721 5/29/1998 269 551 2 822 133 26 689 6/5/1998 270 590 2 822 133 29 729 6/12/1998 267 599 2 868 129 29 739 6/19/1998 271 589 3 863 124 34 739 6/26/1998 261 560 2 823 122 23 701 7/3/1998 258 552 2 812 125 24 687 7/10/1998 266 551 2 819 119 23 700 7/17/1998 260 548 2 810 118 24 692 7/24/1998 269 544 3 816 124 21 692 7/31/1998 269 550 3 822 120 20 702 8/7/1998 235 571 3 809 122 20 687 8/14/1998 229 568 2 799 120 23 679 8/21/1998 218 551 2 771 113 21 658 8/28/1998 221 568 1 790 117 23 673 9/4/1998 218 552 0 770 115 19 636 9/11/1998 214 567 0 781 117 22 642 9/18/1998 215 558 0 773 121 20 632 9/25/1998 213 557 0 770 119 21 630 10/2/1998 525 213 0 754 116 20 618 10/9/1998 226 524 0 750 113 21 616 10/16/1998 211 529 0 740 112 20 608 10/23/1998 212 504 0 716 111 21 584 10/30/1998 193 515 0 708 108 16 584 11/6/1998 197 499 0 696 113 15 568 11/13/1998 193 491 0 684 112 15 557 11/20/1998 189 497 0 686 107 16 563 11/25/1998 179 507 0 686 104 19 563 12/4/1998 167 502 0 669 108 17 544 12/11/1998 169 498 0 667 106 18 543 12/18/1998 152 489 1 642 97 18 527 12/23/1998 149 484 1 634 98 17 519 12/30/1998 137 483 1 621 102 19 500 269.867924528302 554.320754716981 2.16981132075472 825.905660377358 123.433962264151 22.2075471698113 696.924528301887 1/8/1999 133 466 1 600 100 17 483 1/15/1999 126 470 1 597 108 18 471 1/22/1999 122 465 1 588 105 21 462 1/29/1999 119 443 0 562 101 16 445 2/5/1999 125 433 0 558 103 16 439 2/12/1999 122 422 0 544 101 15 428 2/19/1999 111 420 0 531 98 16 433 2/26/1999 108 425 0 533 98 16 435 3/5/1999 115 426 0 541 106 12 435 3/12/1999 116 418 0 534 107 14 427 3/19/1999 114 412 0 526 107 11 419 3/26/1999 111 391 0 502 104 13 398 4/1/1999 121 382 0 503 103 12 400 4/9/1999 122 376 0 498 97 11 401 4/16/1999 130 369 0 499 98 12 401 4/23/1999 126 362 0 488 96 12 392 4/30/1999 126 368 0 494 98 14 396 5/7/1999 134 371 0 505 101 12 404 5/14/1999 142 365 0 507 98 15 409 5/21/1999 138 380 0 518 103 16 415 5/28/1999 130 404 0 534 106 17 428 6/4/1999 134 421 0 555 101 23 454 6/11/1999 136 411 0 547 99 23 448 6/18/1999 117 449 0 566 101 24 465 6/25/1999 110 453 0 563 100 22 463 7/2/1999 112 467 1 580 98 21 482 7/9/1999 120 450 0 570 93 23 477 7/16/1999 105 476 2 583 98 14 485 7/23/1999 102 501 2 605 101 17 504 7/30/1999 102 498 2 602 108 15 494 8/6/1999 98 516 2 616 107 16 107 8/13/1999 115 510 2 627 103 17 524 8/20/1999 112 531 2 645 106 17 539 8/27/1999 117 550 1 668 106 17 562 9/3/1999 121 549 1 671 106 14 565 9/10/1999 128 561 1 690 112 14 578 9/17/1999 132 570 1 703 107 14 596 9/24/1999 140 580 0 720 110 15 610 10/1/1999 131 597 2 730 114 16 616 10/8/1999 141 599 1 741 113 16 628 10/15/1999 140 579 2 721 109 16 612 10/22/1999 139 609 2 750 110 16 640 10/29/1999 136 623 2 761 109 17 652 11/5/1999 137 624 2 763 115 19 648 11/12/1999 150 622 2 774 119 19 655 11/19/1999 147 648 2 797 123 19 674 11/26/1999 146 647 2 795 118 18 677 12/3/1999 146 648 2 796 120 18 676 12/10/1999 158 653 2 813 123 18 690 12/17/1999 175 638 2 815 122 18 693 12/22/1999 162 634 1 797 123 18 674 12/30/1999 165 606 0 771 121 17 650 1/7/2000 158 627 1 786 127 14 659 1/14/2000 142 638 1 781 125 14 656 1/21/2000 140 637 0 777 125 13 652 1/28/2000 131 624 0 755 125 13 630 2/4/2000 133 624 0 757 127 14 630 2/11/2000 146 616 0 762 119 13 643 2/18/2000 153 620 0 773 120 14 653 2/25/2000 156 604 0 760 122 16 638 3/3/2000 181 609 0 790 120 19 670 3/10/2000 174 594 0 768 124 17 644 3/17/2000 168 595 1 764 123 15 641 3/24/2000 167 600 1 768 125 13 643 3/31/2000 173 601 1 775 125 11 650 4/7/2000 186 610 1 797 122 675 4/14/2000 192 616 1 809 123 17 686 4/20/2000 206 610 1 817 123 16 694 4/28/2000 199 598 1 798 129 16 669 5/5/2000 201 632 0 833 137 17 696 5/12/2000 196 634 0 830 140 15 690 5/19/2000 198 651 0 849 139 16 710 5/26/2000 201 662 1 864 135 21 729 6/2/2000 196 668 2 866 135 20 731 6/9/2000 197 643 0 840 133 14 707 6/16/2000 205 666 0 871 135 13 736 6/23/2000 203 690 0 893 144 18 749 6/30/2000 202 718 0 920 150 17 770 7/7/2000 198 715 0 913 153 19 760 7/14/2000 212 716 1 928 159 16 769 7/21/2000 213 736 1 950 156 20 794 7/28/2000 210 764 1 975 161 19 814 8/4/2000 208 772 1 981 161 14 820 8/11/2000 209 765 2 979 159 12 820 8/18/2000 206 786 2 994 161 13 833 8/25/2000 200 794 2 996 154 20 842 9/1/2000 202 816 1 1019 157 19 862 9/8/2000 201 808 3 1012 151 20 861 9/15/2000 194 816 2 1012 152 16 860 9/22/2000 193 803 2 998 133 16 865 9/29/2000 207 806 2 1015 141 17 874 10/6/2000 200 833 2 1035 143 16 892 10/13/2000 209 836 0 1045 141 16 904 10/20/2000 210 844 0 1054 151 14 903 10/27/2000 228 855 1 1084 155 18 929 11/3/2000 232 845 1 1078 152 20 926 11/10/2000 226 840 1 1067 153 25 914 11/17/2000 232 824 1 1057 150 25 907 11/24/2000 244 819 1 1064 145 24 919 12/1/2000 255 834 1 1090 149 22 941 12/8/2000 242 844 2 1088 145 23 943 12/15/2000 244 862 1 1107 145 22 962 12/22/2000 235 851 1 1087 146 25 941 12/29/2000 234 879 1 1114 151 26 963 1/5/2001 244 862 1 1107 167 22 940 1/12/2001 234 886 1 1121 175 20 946 1/19/2001 240 887 1 1128 181 20 947 1/26/2001 236 879 1 1116 167 20 949 2/2/2001 237 900 1 1138 164 21 974 2/9/2001 234 903 0 1137 166 22 971 2/16/2001 242 905 0 1147 163 20 984 2/23/2001 236 885 1 1121 159 22 962 3/2/2001 240 910 1 1151 160 23 991 3/9/2001 252 903 3 1158 170 22 988 3/16/2001 249 900 2 1151 167 22 984 3/23/2001 256 904 3 1163 168 24 995 3/30/2001 244 946 3 1193 168 22 1025 4/6/2001 253 944 3 1200 177 22 1023 4/13/2001 254 942 2 1198 166 21 1032 4/20/2001 244 967 2 1213 168 22 1045 4/27/2001 235 975 2 1212 166 25 1046 5/4/2001 244 971 2 1217 171 23 1046 5/11/2001 236 994 2 1232 170 23 1062 5/18/2001 231 992 2 1225 167 24 1058 5/25/2001 230 1030 2 1262 172 23 1090 6/1/2001 231 1037 2 1270 165 23 1105 6/8/2001 212 1051 1 1264 167 25 1097 6/15/2001 223 1042 1 1266 163 23 1103 6/22/2001 211 1063 3 1277 159 23 1118 6/29/2001 217 1056 2 1275 159 21 1116 7/6/2001 219 1054 2 1275 160 21 1115 7/13/2001 223 1068 2 1293 157 22 1136 7/20/2001 218 1058 2 1278 153 22 1125 7/27/2001 214 1050 2 1266 155 21 1111 8/3/2001 218 1047 1 1266 154 21 1112 8/10/2001 222 1025 1 1248 147 23 1101 8/17/2001 217 1024 1 1242 148 24 1094 8/24/2001 215 1035 1 1251 140 24 1111 8/31/2001 221 1030 1 1252 146 22 1106 9/7/2001 222 993 1 1216 146 23 1070 9/14/2001 220 981 1 1202 143 25 1059 9/21/2001 223 962 1 1186 144 23 1042 9/28/2001 215 953 0 1168 140 23 1028 10/5/2001 205 936 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