May 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.
May 1999 Vol. 220 No. 5 
Industry Stats 

International Rotary Rig Count
Monthly average
March 1999 March 1998 Feb. 1999
Region Land Offshore   Land Offshore   Land Offshore
Canada 193 5 327 5 387 3
Europe 33 50 38 58 32 43
  Germany 3 0 3 0 3 0
  Italy 10 3 8 0 9 0
  Netherlands 2 3 3 6 3 3
  Norway 0 18 0 18 0 14
  Poland 14 0 16 0 13 0
  United Kingdom 1 21 1 32 0 22
  Others 3 5 7 2 4 4
MiddleEast* 111 15 114 21 113 19
  Abu Dhabi 5 6 7 8 7 6
  Iran 25 2 22 2 25 2
  Oman 23 0 24 0 22 0
  Saudi Arabia 19 3 25 2 19 2
  Syria 14 0 14 0 14 0
  Turkey 6 0 6 0 6 0
  Others 19 4 16 9 20 9
Africa 40 28 68 36 37 31
  Algeria 16 0 29 0 15 1
  Egypt 9 9 17 5 6 10
  Libya 10 0 13 0 10 0
  Nigeria 1 6 2 12 3 7
  Others 4 13 7 19 3 13
Latin America 129 41 193 78 134 44
  Argentina 27 1 49 1 23 1
  Brazil 11 8 10 12 9 10
  Colombia 8 0 14 0 10 0
  Mexico 30 14 40 20 31 14
  Venezuela 37 13 62 38 44 13
  Others 16 5 18 7 17 6
Far East 94 72 111 81 96 63
  Australia 4 9 8 8 6 5
  China, offshore 0 12 0 12 0 11
  India 39 9 41 13 39 8
  Indonesia 24 15 33 22 24 14
  Malaysia 0 9 0 8 0 7
  Myanmar 9 0 6 1 9 0
  Pakistan 8 0 6 0 6 0
  Thailand 2 6 2 7 2 6
  Vietnam 1 8 0 6 1 8
  Others 7 4 15 4 9 4
Total 600 211 851 279 799 203
* No data available for Iraq. Source: Hughes Christensen

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