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April 1999 Vol. 220 No. 4

International Rotary Rig Count						Monthly average
		Feb. 1999		Feb. 1998		Jan. 1999
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

Canada		327	5	504	3	337	4
Europe		32	43	43	61	36	49
	Germany	3	0	5	0	4	0
	Italy	9	0	9	0	9	1
	Netherlands	3	3	3	6	2	5
	Norway	0	14	0	18	0	17
	Poland	13	0	16	0	15	0
	United Kingdom	0	22	2	34	0	22
	Others	4	4	8	3	6	4
MiddleEast*		113	19	114	23	109	20
	Abu Dhabi	7	6	7	8	6	8
	Iran	25	2	22	2	25	2
	Oman	22	0	23	0	20	0
	Saudi Arabia	19	2	23	1	19	2
	Syria	14	0	14	0	14	0
	Turkey	6	0	10	0	6	0
	Others	20	9	15	12	19	8
Africa		37	31	62	42	42	31
	Algeria	15	1	27	0	15	1
	Egypt	6	10	11	12	8	7
	Libya	10	0	13	0	10	0
	Nigeria	3	7	2	10	3	9
	Others	3	13	9	20	6	14
Latin America		134	44	196	73	155	38
	Argentina	23	1	49	1	25	1
	Brazil	9	10	11	11	11	8
	Colombia	10	0	15	0	11	0
	Mexico	31	14	37	15	38	10
	Venezuela	44	13	66	39	46	13
	Others	17	6	18	7	24	6
Far East		96	63	118	77	90	65
	Australia	6	5	7	7	6	9
	China, offshore	0	11	0	11	0	7
	India	39	8	40	14	38	7
	Indonesia	24	14	34	20	24	16
	Malaysia	0	7	0	8	0	7
	Myanmar	9	0	6	1	9	1
	Pakistan	8	0	15	0	7	0
	Thailand	2	6	2	6	2	6
	Vietnam	1	8	0	6	0	8
	Others	7	4	14	4	4	4

Total		739	205	1,037	279	769	207
* No data available for Iraq.					Source: Hughes Christensen

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International Rotary Rig Count