March 1999
Industry At A Glance

99-03_int-offshore-rigs.html (Mar-1999)

A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
March 1999 Vol. 220 No. 3 
Industry Stats 

International Offshore Rigs
U.S. Gulf of Mexico   Europe/Mediterranean  Worldwide
Jan. 1999 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*
Rigs in fleet, 179 80 107 99 615 317
year ago 177 77 112 99 606 305
Contracted rigs, 123 48 96 88 497 255
year ago 171 60 108 96 582 273
Rig utilization, %, 68.7 60.0 89.7 88.8 80.8 80.4
year ago 96.6 77.9 96.4 97.0 96.0 89.5

Source: Offshore Data Services’ Weekly Mobile Offshore Rig Count
* Updated quarterly

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