04-06_int-rotary-rig.html (Jul-2004)

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	June 2004 Vol. 225 No. 6


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Apr 2004		Mar 2004		Apr 2003
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		149	4	458	4	149	2
EUROPE		26	50	27	48	29	50
	Germany	4	1	4	1	1	1
	Italy	5	1	5	1	5	1
	Netherlands	0	3	0	4	2	3
	Norway	0	20	0	21	0	20
	Poland	6	0	7	0	10	0
	United Kingdom	0	20	0	16	0	19
	Others	11	5	11	5	11	6
MIDDLE EAST*		154	24	151	24	142	22
	Abu Dhabi	11	4	11	4	10	4
	Iran	31	10	30	9	28	7
	Oman	36	0	35	0	34	0
	Saudi Arabia	28	3	29	2	31	2
	Syria	24	0	22	0	21	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	20	7	20	9	14	9
AFRICA		64	22	60	19	63	30
	Algeria	19	0	16	0	22	0
	Egypt	20	8	18	8	18	9
	Libya	10	0	9	0	9	2
	Nigeria	1	6	1	6	2	7
	Others	2	8	16	5	12	12
LATIN AMERICA		213	72	210	68	187	51
	Argentina	70	0	66	0	64	0
	Brazil	10	15	10	15	10	17
	Colombia	9	0	8	0	10	0
	Mexico	74	38	73	34	64	17
	Venezuela	36	13	39	14	23	14
	Others	14	6	14	5	16	3
FAR EAST		115	92	115	77	119	77
	Australia	6	6	6	3	6	6
	China, offshore	0	12	0	11	0	12
	India	42	24	48	18	45	15
	Indonesia	33	13	32	12	35	12
	Malaysia	0	16	0	15	0	14
	Myanmar	8	1	8	1	7	0
	Pakistan	12	0	9	0	14	0
	Thailand	0	5	0	5	0	6
	Vietnam	0	10	0	8	0	9
	Others	14	5	12	4	12	3

TOTAL		721	264	1,021	240	689	232

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

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