13.01.16. The average US rig count fell by 1,168 between December 2014 and 2015, according the monthly count conducted by oilfield services firm Baker Hughes.
The count for December 2015 was 714, compared with 760 in November 2015, and 1,882 in December 2014. Of these, the number of land-based, mostly shale rigs fell from 1,823 to just 690 over the 12 month period.
The average Canadian rig count for December 2015 was 160, down 18 from 178 in November 2015, and down 215 from 375 in December 2014.
Internationally, the rig count for December 2015 was 1,095, 218 lower than in the corresponding month the year before. The international offshore rig count for December 2015 was 250, down 88 from December 2014.
The worldwide rig count stood at 1,969, against 3,570 counted in December 2014.
13th January 2016
