99-08_int-rotary-rig.html (Aug-1999)

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August 1999 Vol. 220 No. 8 Industry Stats


International Rotary Rig Count						Monthly average
		June 1999		June 1998			May 1999
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore		Land	Offshore

CANADA		181	6	234	4		58	6
EUROPE		39	49	45	56		37	39
	Germany	5	0	3	0		4	0
	Italy	10	0	6	1		9	0
	Netherlands	2	4	4	5		2	2
	Norway	0	20	0	18		0	13
	Poland	14	0	17	0		14	0
	United Kingdom	1	22	4	30		2	20
	Others	7	3	11	2		6	4
MIDDLE EAST*		106	12	116	22		110	12
	Abu Dhabi	9	5	7	8		9	5
	Iran	25	2	22	2		25	2
	Oman	18	0	27	0		20	0
	Saudi Arabia	17	1	24	2		18	2
	Syria	13	0	14	0		13	0
	Turkey	6	0	6	0		6	0
	Others	18	4	16	10		19	3
AFRICA		33	24	62	41		36	19
	Algeria	11	0	27	0		12	0
	Egypt	9	8	14	10		10	8
	Libya	7	0	13	0		7	0
	Nigeria	3	6	2	9		4	5
	Others	3	10	6	22		3	6
LATIN AMERICA		143	44	196	64		146	44
	Argentina	33	1	48	1		32	1
	Brazil	10	8	10	9		10	8
	Colombia	12	0	13	0		11	0
	Mexico	32	13	46	19		32	13
	Venezuela	42	16	56	30		43	16
	Others	14	6	23	5		18	6
FAR EAST		81	71	107	81		77	71
	Australia	5	8	9	8		3	6
	China, offshore	0	11	0	11		0	12
	India	36	13	39	16		30	17
	Indonesia	18	13	28	20		18	12
	Malaysia	0	5	0	8		0	4
	Myanmar	5	0	8	3		9	0
	Pakistan	8	0	8	0		6	0
	Thailand	0	7	2	5		0	7
	Vietnam	1	9	0	6		1	9
	Others	8	5	13	4		10	4

TOTAL		583	206	760	268		464	191
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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