99-10_int-rotary-rig.html (Oct-1999)

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October 1999 Vol. 220 No. 10 Industry Stats


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

CANADA		264	6	207	4		209	6
EUROPE		31	36	35	50		33	41
	Germany	4	0	2	0		3	0
	Italy	6	1	9	1		8	2
	Netherlands	0	1	2	5		1	2
	Norway	0	20	0	17		0	22
	Poland	14	0	14	0		14	0
	United Kingdom	2	13	0	24		1	13
	Others	5	1	8	3		6	2
MIDDLE EAST*		108	16	121	22		106	17
	Abu Dhabi	7	7	7	8		7	7
	Iran	25	2	24	2		25	2
	Oman	18	0	23	0		17	0
	Saudi Arabia	19	2	27	2		18	3
	Syria	13	0	14	0		13	0
	Turkey	7	0	6	0		6	0
	Others	19	5	20	10		20	5
AFRICA		32	23	53	35		35	21
	Algeria	12	0	18	0		12	0
	Egypt	8	7	15	6		11	7
	Libya	8	0	12	0		7	0
	Nigeria	2	6	2	9		2	6
	Others	2	10	6	20		3	8
LATIN AMERICA		147	37	171	56		142	37
	Argentina	37	2	47	1		35	1
	Brazil	9	9	10	9		10	9
	Colombia	12	0	11	0		10	0
	Mexico	32	8	36	15		32	9
	Venezuela	43	14	44	25		41	13
	Others	14	4	23	6		14	5
FAR EAST		74	52	101	73		82	67
	Australia	4	5	7	4		5	6
	China, offshore	0	4	0	11		0	7
	India	35	5	38	13		38	11
	Indonesia	21	13	31	18		22	13
	Malaysia	0	6	0	10		0	6
	Myanmar	2	0	7	2		6	0
	Pakistan	5	0	6	0		6	0
	Thailand	0	5	2	6		0	7
	Vietnam	1	9	0	7		1	9
	Others	6	5	10	2		4	8

TOTAL		656	170	688	240		607	189
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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