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December 1997 Vol. 218 No. 12
Industry Stats

INTERNATIONAL ROTARY RIG COUNT						Monthly average
		Oct. 1997		Oct. 1996		Sept. 1997
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		418	3	281	0	409	2
EUROPE		42	57	47	48	42	52
	Germany	4	0	6	0	3	0
	Italy	12	0	11	1	12	0
	Netherlands	3	6	4	8	3	5
	Norway	0	17	0	15	0	14
	Poland	16	0	17	0	16	0
	United Kingdom	32	2	21	1	30
	Others	6	2	7	3	7	3
MIDDLE EAST*		118	24	100	18	114	24
	Abu Dhabi	7	8	7	7	7	8
	Iran	21	2	20	2	21	2
	Oman	25	0	21	0	23	0
	Saudi Arabia	25	3	18	2	24	3
	Syria	14	0	14	0	14	0
	Turkey	10	0	11	0	10	0
	Others	16	11	9	7	15	11
AFRICA		60	40	56	43	57	42
	Algeria	28	0	28	0	27	0
	Egypt	12	9	12	9	10	12
	Libya	13	0	13	0	13	0
	Nigeria	1	11	0	14	1	9
	Others	6	20	3	20	6	21
LATIN AMERICA		212	67	219	66	202	71
	Argentina	55	1	62	1	52	1
	Brazil	11	8	10	13	12	10
	Colombia	18	0	15	1	18	0
	Mexico	38	15	36	15	33	17
	Venezuela	68	38	75	31	69	38
	Others	22	5	21	5	18	5
FAR EAST		121	66	129	59	125	62
	Australia	8	7	14	6	7	8
	China, offshore	0	8	1	9	0	5
	India	41	11	45	11	43	9
	Indonesia	41	17	31	13	38	16
	Japan	5	0	10	0	7	0
	Malaysia	0	5	0	5	0	6
	Myanmar	6	2	9	0	8	0
	Phillipines	2	0	5	0	2	0
	Vietnam	0	8	1	3	0	8
	Others	18	8	13	12	20	10

TOTAL		971	257	832	234	949	253