04-12_int-rotary-rig.html (Dec-2004)

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	Dec 2004 Vol. 225 No. 12


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Oct 2004		Sep 2004		Oct 2003
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		369	3	270	3	391	3
EUROPE		26	40	24	35	32	44
	Germany	4	0	3	0	2	0
	Italy	6	1	5	0	6	1
	Netherlands	0	4	0	6	1	5
	Norway	0	16	0	13	0	19
	Poland	3	0	3	0	11	0
	United Kingdom	0	15	0	15	1	14
	Others	13	4	13	1	11	5
MIDDLE EAST*		159	24	163	26	146	23
	Abu Dhabi	8	4	10	4	10	5
	Iran	34	9	33	10	27	8
	Oman	35	0	33	0	36	0
	Saudi Arabia	28	3	28	3	28	5
	Syria	22	0	23	0	24	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	28	8	32	9	17	5
AFRICA		72	19	75	24	60	22
	Algeria	19	0	20	0	17	0
	Egypt	20	6	25	8	20	4
	Libya	9	1	8	1	9	1
	Nigeria	0	7	0	9	0	7
	Others	7	5	22	6	14	10
LATIN AMERICA		230	66	231	63	201	65
	Argentina	71	1	70	1	56	0
	Brazil	10	17	10	16	11	15
	Colombia	9	0	9	0	12	0
	Mexico	76	34	80	33	73	35
	Venezuela	45	9	44	9	32	12
	Others	19	5	18	4	17	3
FAR EAST		121	85	138	87	119	78
	Australia	8	5	14	6	9	6
	China, offshore	0	11	0	11	0	11
	India	50	25	47	26	45	17
	Indonesia	31	15	41	15	31	11
	Malaysia	0	14	0	13	0	16
	Myanmar	8	0	8	0	9	1
	Pakistan	12	0	13	0	13	0
	Thailand	0	5	2	5	0	5
	Vietnam	0	8	0	9	0	9
	Others	12	2	13	2	12	2

TOTAL		977	237	901	238	949	235
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.