03-04_int-rotary-rig.html (Apr-2003)

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	April 2003 Vol. 224 No. 4


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Feb 2003		Jan 2003		Feb 2002
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		550	4	426	7	475	2
EUROPE		32	47	33	47	30	48
	Germany	3	1	2	1	3	0
	Italy	4	2	6	1	6	2
	Netherlands	2	3	2	2	2	4
	Norway	0	19	0	20	0	16
	Poland	10	0	11	0	12	1
	United Kingdom	0	18	0	21	1	22
	Others	13	4	12	2	6	3
MIDDLE EAST*		151	27	146	28	139	30
	Abu Dhabi	10	5	9	5	9	6
	Iran	26	10	25	10	26	8
	Oman	33	0	32	0	27	0
	Saudi Arabia	29	3	29	4	28	3
	Syria	24	0	22	0	21	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	6	0
	Others	2	9	25	9	22	13
AFRICA		55	27	55	23	44	30
	Algeria	22	0	22	0	18	1
	Egypt	17	10	18	7	13	7
	Libya	8	1	8	1	10	0
	Nigeria	2	9	3	9	2	9
	Others	6	7	4	6	1	13
LATIN AMERICA		173	42	166	45	179	44
	Argentina	57	1	55	1	47	0
	Brazil	10	17	10	17	10	17
	Colombia	10	0	9	0	12	0
	Mexico	65	17	64	20	57	8
	Venezuela	18	3	15	2	39	15
	Others	13	4	13	5	14	4
FAR EAST		123	75	121	70	110	62
	Australia	6	5	4	5	5	4
	China, offshore	0	9	0	7	0	7
	India	40	19	45	14	41	10
	Indonesia	40	10	39	12	39	11
	Malaysia	0	13	0	13	0	10
	Myanmar	7	0	7	0	10	0
	Pakistan	18	0	15	0	9	0
	Thailand	0	4	1	5	1	6
	Vietnam	0	9	0	9	1	7
	Others	12	6	10	5	4	7

TOTAL		1,084	222	947	220	977	216

Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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