99-11_int-rotary-rig.html (Nov-1999)

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November 1999 Vol. 220 No. 11 Industry Stats


International Rotary Rig Count						Monthly average
		Sept. 1999		Sept. 1998			Aug. 1999
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore		Land	Offshore

CANADA		270	5	183	4		264	6
EUROPE		33	38	42	52		31	36
	Germany	5	0	4	0		4	0
	Italy	5	0	10	1		6	1
	Netherlands	1	2	2	5		0	1
	Norway	0	16	0	19		0	20
	Poland	14	0	15	0		14	0
	United Kingdom	0	17	1	23		2	13
	Others	8	3	10	4		5	1
MIDDLE EAST*		104	12	119	24		108	16
	Abu Dhabi	8	5	7	8		7	7
	Iran	25	2	24	2		25	2
	Oman	16	0	22	0		18	0
	Saudi Arabia	16	2	24	3		19	2
	Syria	13	0	14	0		13	0
	Turkey	6	0	6	0		7	0
	Others	20	3	22	11		19	5
AFRICA		32	18	51	32		32	23
	Algeria	12	0	13	0		12	0
	Egypt	7	7	17	5		8	7
	Libya	8	0	12	0		8	0
	Nigeria	2	4	3	8		2	6
	Others	3	7	6	19		2	10
LATIN AMERICA		157	33	160	59		147	37
	Argentina	41	0	40	1		37	2
	Brazil	10	9	10	11		9	9
	Colombia	12	0	8	0		12	0
	Mexico	32	8	37	15		32	8
	Venezuela	45	14	41	26		43	14
	Others	17	2	24	6		14	4
FAR EAST		79	51	104	81		74	52
	Australia	3	4	6	10		4	5
	China, offshore	0	6	0	13		0	4
	India	36	5	39	14		35	5
	Indonesia	19	12	30	18		21	13
	Malaysia	0	8	0	8		0	6
	Myanmar	5	0	7	2		2	0
	Pakistan	6	0	11	0		5	0
	Thailand	0	5	2	6		0	5
	Vietnam	1	8	0	7		1	9
	Others	9	3	9	3		6	5

TOTAL		675	157	659	252		656	170
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.