June 1999
Industry At A Glance

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A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
June 1999 Vol. 220 No. 6 
Industry Stats 

International Rotary Rig Count
Monthly average
April 1999 April 1998 March 1999
Region Land Offshore   Land Offshore   Land Offshore
Canada 57 5 125 3 193 5
Europe 37 43 38 61 33 50
  Germany 4 0 3 0 3 0
  Italy 9 2 7 0 10 3
  Netherlands 2 3 4 6 2 3
  Norway 0 16 0 18 0 18
  Poland 14 0 16 0 14 0
  United Kingdom 2 18 0 33 1 21
  Others 6 4 8 4 3 5
MiddleEast* 114 11 118 22 111 15
  Abu Dhabi 10 3 7 8 5 6
  Iran 25 2 22 2 25 2
  Oman 22 0 24 0 23 0
  Saudi Arabia 18 3 29 2 19 3
  Syria 14 0 14 0 14 0
  Turkey 6 0 6 0 6 0
  Others 19 3 16 10 19 4
Africa 36 23 66 40 40 28
  Algeria 13 0 29 0 16 0
  Egypt 10 8 15 8 9 9
  Libya 7 0 13 0 10 0
  Nigeria 3 7 2 12 1 6
  Others 3 8 7 20 4 13
Latin America 135 43 195 71 129 41
  Argentina 32 0 48 1 27 1
  Brazil 8 9 11 11 11 8
  Colombia 9 0 12 0 8 0
  Mexico 29 12 43 17 30 14
  Venezuela 39 16 59 37 37 13
  Others 18 6 22 5 16 5
Far East 85 71 118 76 94 72
  Australia 3 9 7 8 4 9
  China, offshore 0 13 0 10 0 12
  India 38 10 40 9 39 9
  Indonesia 20 15 32 20 24 15
  Malaysia 0 5 0 9 0 9
  Myanmar 9 0 8 1 9 0
  Pakistan 6 0 12 0 8 0
  Thailand 0 7 2 7 2 6
  Vietnam 1 8 0 6 1 8
  Others 8 4 17 6 7 4
Total 464 196 660 273 600 211
* No data available for Iraq. Source: Hughes Christensen

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