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November 1997 Vol. 218 No. 11
Industry Stats

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

CANADA		409	2	250	0	411	0
EUROPE		42	52	53	53	44	57
	Germany	3	0	8	0	3	0
	Italy	12	0	11	1	12	1
	Netherlands	3	5	7	5	3	7
	Norway	0	14	0	17	0	17
	Poland	16	0	18	0	16	0
	United Kingdom	1	30	1	29	1	30
	Others	7	3	8	1	9	2
MIDDLE EAST*		114	24	99	23	114	24
	Abu Dhabi	7	8	7	7	7	8
	Iran	21	2	20	2	21	2
	Oman	23	0	21	0	26	0
	Saudi Arabia	24	3	17	3	26	2
	Syria	14	0	14	0	14	0
	Turkey	10	0	11	0	6	0
	Others	15	11	9	11	14	12
AFRICA		57	42	55	48	56	42
	Algeria	27	0	28	0	26	0
	Egypt	10	12	11	10	11	12
	Libya	13	0	13	0	13	0
	Nigeria	1	9	0	15	1	10
	Others	6	21	3	23	5	20
LATIN AMERICA		202	71	217	65	201	67
	Argentina	52	1	61	1	53	1
	Brazil	12	10	12	10	12	9
	Colombia	16	0	12	1	16	0
	Mexico	33	17	36	14	33	15
	Venezuela	69	38	78	33	70	38
	Others	20	5	18	6	17	4
FAR EAST		125	62	127	59	139	67
	Australia	7	8	11	7	7	8
	China, offshore	0	5	0	8	0	7
	India	43	9	46	10	50	13
	Indonesia	38	16	32	12	39	16
	Japan	7	0	7	0	8	0
	Malaysia	0	6	0	7	0	6
	Myanmar	8	0	9	1	7	0
	Phillipines	2	0	6	0	2	0
	Vietnam	0	8	1	4	0	8
	Others	20	10	15	10	26	9

TOTAL		949	253	801	248	965	257