03-03_int-rotary-rig.html (Mar-2003)

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	March 2003 Vol. 224 No. 3


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Jan 2003		Jan 2002		Dec 2002
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		475	2	398	7	344	4
EUROPE		33	47	29	71	32	47
	Germany	2	1	3	0	4	0
	Italy	6	1	6	2	3	2
	Netherlands	2	2	2	3	2	3
	Norway	0	20	0	23	0	15
	Poland	11	0	12	1	12	0
	United Kingdom	0	21	0	35	0	23
	Others	12	2	6	7	11	4
MIDDLE EAST*		141	28	130	30	145	28
	Abu Dhabi	9	5	9	6	9	6
	Iran	25	10	26	8	25	9
	Oman	32	0	26	0	32	0
	Saudi Arabia	29	4	28	3	29	4
	Syria	22	0	20	0	24	0
	Turkey	10	0	7	0	11	0
	Others	14	9	14	13	15	9
AFRICA		60	23	50	27	62	23
	Algeria	22	0	17	0	22	0
	Egypt	18	7	17	7	19	5
	Libya	8	1	10	0	9	1
	Nigeria	3	9	2	7	3	9
	Others	9	6	4	13	9	8
LATIN AMERICA		166	45	184	46	175	44
	Argentina	55	1	55	0	55	1
	Brazil	10	17	10	17	12	14
	Colombia	9	0	13	0	10	0
	Mexico	64	20	51	51	9	21
	Venezuela	15	2	39	14	25	5
	Others	13	5	16	–36	64	3
FAR EAST		121	70	116	61	125	72
	Australia	4	5	7	2	5	5
	China, offshore	0	7	0	10	0	9
	India	45	14	40	11	46	12
	Indonesia	39	12	37	10	41	12
	Malaysia	0	13	0	14	0	15
	Myanmar	7	0	10	0	7	0
	Pakistan	15	0	6	0	13	0
	Thailand	1	5	2	7	0	7
	Vietnam	0	9	1	6	0	9
	Others	10	5	13	1	13	3

TOTAL		996	215	907	242	883	218

Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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