Baker Hughes reports U.S. rig count unchanged at 779

Baker Hughes reports the U.S. rig count is unchanged from last week at 779, with oil rigs down 1 to 621, gas rigs up 1 to 156 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 2. The U.S. rig count is up 193 rigs from last year’s count of 586, with oil rigs up 141, gas rigs up 50 and miscellaneous up 2. The U.S. offshore rig count is unchanged at 15, flat year-over-year.