04-04_int-rotary-rig.html (Apr-2004)

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	Apr. 2004 Vol. 225 No. 4


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Feb 2004		Jan 2004		Feb 2003
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		565	3	549	5	550	4
EUROPE		26	43	29	36	32	47
	Germany	3	1	2	0	3	1
	Italy	6	1	4	1	4	2
	Netherlands	0	4	1	2	2	3
	Norway	0	19	0	16	0	19
	Poland	7	0	9	0	10	0
	United Kingdom	0	13	1	14	0	18
	Others	10	5	12	3	13	4
MIDDLE EAST*		148	25	156	25	145	27
	Abu Dhabi	10	5	9	5	10	5
	Iran	28	9	31	8	26	10
	Oman	37	0	37	0	33	0
	Saudi Arabia	29	4	29	5	29	3
	Syria	25	0	25	0	24	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	15	7	21	7	19	9
AFRICA		61	25	61	22	61	27
	Algeria	17	0	20	0	22	0
	Egypt	19	9	16	10	17	10
	Libya	9	1	9	1	8	1
	Nigeria	1	6	2	5	2	9
	Others	5	9	5	6	6	7
LATIN AMERICA		205	64	204	69	173	42
	Argentina	63	0	64	0	57	1
	Brazil	10	15	10	12	10	17
	Colombia	8	0	9	0	10	0
	Mexico	72	33	70	40	65	17
	Venezuela	38	14	38	14	18	3
	Others	14	2	13	3	13	4
FAR EAST		114	79	118	82	123	75
	Australia	8	5	9	4	6	5
	China, offshore	0	11	0	10	0	9
	India	44	21	44	18	40	19
	Indonesia	32	13	34	15	40	10
	Malaysia	0	12	0	17	0	13
	Myanmar	9	0	9	1	7	0
	Pakistan	9	0	10	0	18	0
	Thailand	0	5	0	5	0	4
	Vietnam	0	8	0	9	0	9
	Others	21	4	22	3	30	6

TOTAL		1,119	239	1,117	239	1,084	222

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

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