June 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.

June 2000 Vol. 221 No. 6 
Industry Stats 

  International Offshore Rigs  
U.S. Gulf of
Mexico

Europe/
Mediterranean

   Worldwide   
Apr 2000 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*

  Rigs in fleet, 199 78   106 100   640 312  
     year ago 180 81   108 91   617 308  
  Contracted rigs, 156 39   88 98   509 234  
     year ago 112 37   98 88   459 240  
  Rig utilization, %, 77.3 50.0   83.0 98.0   79.5 74.8  
     year ago 62.2 45.7   90.7 96.7   74.4 77.9  

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

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