December 1997
Industry At A Glance

97-12_intoffshorerigs.html (Dec-1997)

A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.

December 1997 Vol. 218 No. 12 
Industry Stats 

INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE RIGS

U.S. Gulf of Mexico Europe/Mediterranean Worldwide
Oct. 1997 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform* Mobile Platform*

Rigs in fleet, 175 79 110 101 605 306
year ago 179 76 105 93 604 303
Contracted rigs, 169 67 105 96 577 272
year ago 165 58 105 90 561 264
Rig utilization, %, 96.6 84.8 95.5 95.0 95.4 88.9
year ago 92.2 76.3 100.0 96.8 92.9 87.1

Source: Offshore Data Services’ Weekly Mobile Offshore Rig Count
* Updated quarterly

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