September 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.
September 2000 Vol. 221 No. 9 
Industry Stats 
  International Offshore Rigs  
U.S. Gulf of
Mexico
 Europe/
Mediterranean
    Worldwide   
July 2000 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*
  Total rigs in fleet 204 78   102 100   642 312  
     year ago 177 77   103 91   624 308  
  Contracted rigs, 173 39   89 98   533 234  
     year ago 142 35   98 88   460 231  
  Rig utilization, %, 84.8 50.0   87.3 96.7   83.0 75.0  
     year ago 80.2 45.5   95.1 96.7   73.7 75.0  

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