03-07_int-rotary-rig.html (Aug-2003)

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	July 2003 Vol. 224 No. 7


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		May 2003		Apr 2003		May 2002
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		145	4	149	2	107	7
EUROPE		27	50	29	50	30	58
	Germany	1	0	1	1	3	0
	Italy	3	1	5	1	7	1
	Netherlands	1	4	2	3	2	4
	Norway	0	16	0	20	0	21
	Poland	11	0	10	0	12	1
	United Kingdom	1	23	0	19	0	28
	Others	10	6	11	6	6	3
MIDDLE EAST*		146	22	142	22	135	32
	Abu Dhabi	9	5	10	4	8	5
	Iran	29	7	28	7	26	7
	Oman	34	0	34	0	29	0
	Saudi Arabia	30	4	31	2	29	4
	Syria	22	0	21	0	21	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	6	0
	Others	18	6	14	9	16	16
AFRICA		59	28	63	30	57	25
	Algeria	21	0	22	0	20	0
	Egypt	17	8	18	9	19	3
	Libya	7	2	9	2	8	1
	Nigeria	1	7	2	7	3	8
	Others	5	11	6	12	3	13
LATIN AMERICA		180	58	187	51	158	42
	Argentina	65	1	64	0	45	0
	Brazil	9	18	10	17	11	15
	Colombia	8	0	10	0	12	0
	Mexico	61	22	64	17	49	9
	Venezuela	20	14	23	14	29	13
	Others	17	3	16	3	12	5
FAR EAST		108	77	125	71	119	62
	Australia	3	5	6	6	6	3
	China, offshore	0	9	0	12	0	9
	India	42	18	45	15	44	10
	Indonesia	32	14	35	12	39	9
	Malaysia	0	13	0	14	0	12
	Myanmar	7	0	7	0	10	0
	Pakistan	12	0	14	0	9	0
	Thailand	1	5	6	0	1	8
	Vietnam	0	9	0	9	0	8
	Others	23	4	26	3	19	3

TOTAL		665	239	695	226	606	226

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

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