Baker Hughes reports U.S. rig count unchanged at 784 rigs

Baker Hughes reports that the U.S. rig count is unchanged from last week at 784 with oil rigs unchanged at 627, gas rigs unchanged at 155 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 2. The U.S. Rig Count is up 215 rigs from last year’s count of 569 with oil rigs up 160, gas rigs up 53 and miscellaneous up 2. The U.S. Offshore Rig Count is up 1 to 18, up 5 year-over-year. The Canada Rig Count is up 1 from last week to 195, with oil rigs down 1 to 128, gas rigs up 2 to 67. The Canada Rig Count is up 15 rigs from last year’s count of 180, with oil rigs up 15, gas rigs unchanged.