03-05_int-rotary-rig.html (May-2003)

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	May 2003 Vol. 224 No. 5


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Mar 2003		Feb 2003		Feb 2002
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		446	3	550	4	306	5
EUROPE		32	43	32	47	31	56
	Germany	2	1	3	1	3	0
	Italy	6	0	4	2	6	1
	Netherlands	1	4	2	3	2	4
	Norway	0	16	0	19	0	21
	Poland	10	0	10	0	12	1
	United Kingdom	0	19	0	18	1	25
	Others	13	3	13	4	7	4
MIDDLE EAST*		145	21	145	27	134	33
	Abu Dhabi	10	5	10	5	8	6
	Iran	27	5	26	10	26	8
	Oman	34	0	33	0	27	0
	Saudi Arabia	31	2	29	3	28	5
	Syria	23	0	24	0	20	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	6	0
	Others	16	9	19	9	19	14
AFRICA		61	27	61	27	58	30
	Algeria	17	0	22	0	23	0
	Egypt	18	9	17	10	17	6
	Libya	9	1	8	1	10	0
	Nigeria	3	9	2	9	2	9
	Others	8	8	6	7	1	15
LATIN AMERICA		179	47	173	42	177	44
	Argentina	62	1	57	1	44	0
	Brazil	10	16	10	17	9	18
	Colombia	11	0	10	0	14	0
	Mexico	61	18	65	17	56	8
	Venezuela	21	8	18	3	37	12
	Others	14	4	13	4	17	6
FAR EAST		122	70	123	75	109	62
	Australia	5	5	6	5	5	4
	China, offshore	0	8	0	9	0	8
	India	44	15	40	19	46	7
	Indonesia	39	11	40	10	35	12
	Malaysia	0	15	0	13	0	12
	Myanmar	7	0	7	0	10	0
	Pakistan	15	0	18	0	10	0
	Thailand	1	4	0	4	0	7
	Vietnam	0	9	0	9	1	7
	Others	26	3	30	6	12	5
TOTAL		985	211	1,084	222	815	230

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

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