July 2001
Industry At A Glance

01-07_int-offshore-rigs.html (Jul-2001)

A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
July 2001 Vol. 222 No. 7 
Industry Stats 
  International Offshore Rigs  
U.S. Gulf of
Mexico
 Europe/
Mediterranean
    Worldwide   
May 2001 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*
  Total rigs in fleet 212 79   102 101   650 310  
     year ago 198 78   105 100   640 312  
  Contracted rigs, 191 49   95 99   585 248  
     year ago 161 41   89 98   519 234  
  Rig utilization, %, 90.0 62.0   93.1 98.0   90.0 80.0  
     year ago 81.3 52.6   85.6 98.0   81.1 75.0  

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