May 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.

May 2000 Vol. 221 No. 5 
Industry Stats 

  International Offshore Rigs  
U.S. Gulf of
Mexico

Europe/
Mediterranean

   Worldwide   
March 2000 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*

  Rigs in fleet, 197 78   105 100   637 314  
     year ago 178 81   106 91   615 308  
  Contracted rigs, 151 38   83 98   492 235  
     year ago 112 40   95 88   468 240  
  Rig utilization, %, 76.6 49.3   79.0 98.0   77.2 74.8  
     year ago 62.6 49.3   89.6 96.7   76.1 87.9  

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

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