99-09_int-rotary-rig.html (Sep-1999)

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September 1999 Vol. 220 No. 9 Industry Stats


International Rotary Rig Count						Monthly average
		July 1999		July 1998			June 1999
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore		Land	Offshore

CANADA		209	6	213	4		181	6
EUROPE		33	41	34	46		39	49
	Germany	3	0	2	0		5	0
	Italy	8	2	6	1		10	0
	Netherlands	1	2	4	4		2	4
	Norway	0	22	0	14		0	20
	Poland	14	0	11	0		14	0
	United Kingdom	1	13	2	24		1	22
	Others	6	2	9	3		7	3
MIDDLE EAST*		106	17	120	21		106	12
	Abu Dhabi	7	7	7	8		9	5
	Iran	25	2	24	2		25	2
	Oman	17	0	27	0		18	0
	Saudi Arabia	18	3	23	3		17	1
	Syria	13	0	14	0		13	0
	Turkey	6	0	6	0		6	0
	Others	20	5	19	8		18	4
AFRICA		35	21	54	39		33	24
	Algeria	12	0	19	0		11	0
	Egypt	11	7	15	10		9	8
	Libya	7	0	12	0		7	0
	Nigeria	2	6	2	10		3	6
	Others	3	8	6	19		3	10
LATIN AMERICA		142	37	187	54		143	44
	Argentina	35	1	44	1		33	1
	Brazil	10	9	10	7		10	8
	Colombia	10	0	8	0		12	0
	Mexico	32	9	44	16		32	13
	Venezuela	41	13	54	24		42	16
	Others	14	5	27	6		14	6
FAR EAST		82	67	103	73		81	71
	Australia	5	6	7	4		5	8
	China, offshore	0	7	0	11		0	11
	India	38	11	37	14		36	13
	Indonesia	22	13	28	17		18	13
	Malaysia	0	6	0	10		0	5
	Myanmar	6	0	7	2		5	0
	Pakistan	6	0	11	0		8	0
	Thailand	0	7	2	5		0	7
	Vietnam	1	9	0	7		1	9
	Others	4	8	11	3		8	5

TOTAL		607	189	711	237		583	206
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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