introtaryrigcount.html (Mar-1998)

March 1998 Vol. 219 No. 3

International Rotary Rig Count						Monthly average
		Jan. 1998		Jan. 1997		Dec. 1997
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore
CANADA		478	3	400	1	483	3
EUROPE		42	57	48	67	47	58
	Germany	5	0	6	0	5	0
	Italy	9	1	12	2	9	1
	Netherlands	3	6	5	9	3	4
	Norway	0	18	0	18	0	19
	Poland	16	0	16	0	16	0
	United Kingdom	0	29	2	35	3	32
	Others	9	3	7	3	11	2
MIDDLE EAST*		115	22	101	23	116	22
	Abu Dhabi	7	8	7	7	8	9
	Iran	22	2	20	2	21	2
	Oman	23	0	21	0	22	0
	Saudi Arabia	25	1	18	3	26	1
	Syria	14	0	14	0	14	0
	Turkey	10	0	10	1	10	0
	Others	14	11	11	10	15	10
AFRICA		65	42	60	42	66	37
	Algeria	28	0	31	0	28	0
	Egypt	13	12	12	7	17	8
	Libya	13	0	13	0	13	0
	Nigeria	2	10	1	15	2	8
	Others	9	20	3	20	6	21
LATIN AMERICA		209	67	218	66	218	69
	Argentina	53	1	58	1	59	1
	Brazil	11	10	11	11	12	8
	Colombia	15	0	17	0	18	0
	Mexico	35	11	36	12	35	15
	Venezuela	72	38	77	37	70	38
	Others	23	7	19	5	24	7
FAR EAST		144	662	128	56	124	62
	Australia	9	8	8	7	7	4
	China, offshore	0	11	0	9	0	13
	India	42	13	55	11	41	10
	Indonesia	53	13	35	14	47	14
	Japan	4	0	4	0	5	0
	Malaysia	0	6	0	5	0	5
	Myanmar	5	1	7	0	5	1
	Phillipines	0	1	2	0	0	1
	Vietnam	0	5	0	4	0	7
	Others	31	8	17	6	19	7
TOTAL		1,053	257	955	255	1,054	251

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