July 2000
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.
July 2000 Vol. 221 No. 7 
Industry Stats 
  International Offshore Rigs  
U.S. Gulf of
Mexico
 Europe/
Mediterranean
    Worldwide   
May 2000 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*
  Total rigs in fleet 198 78   105 100   640 312  
     year ago 180 80   110 99   619 317  
  Contracted rigs, 161 41   89 98   519 234  
     year ago 115 36   93 88   459 255  
  Rig utilization, %, 81.3 52.6   84.8 98.0   81.1 74.8  
     year ago 63.8 45.0   84.5 88.8   74.2 75.0  

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