HOUSTON (AP) — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Incorporated says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. fell 17 this week to 1,896.
The Houston firm said Friday in its weekly report that 1,564 rigs were exploring for oil and 330 for gas. Two were listed as miscellaneous.
Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas count declined by 13 rigs, North Dakota shut down 2, and Oklahoma's rig count dipped by one. Arkansas and Louisiana each added one rig.