04-05_int-rotary-rig.html (May-2004)

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	May 2004 Vol. 225 No. 5


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

CANADA		458	4	565	3	446	3
EUROPE		27	48	26	43	32	43
	Germany	4	1	3	1	2	1
	Italy	5	1	6	1	6	0
	Netherlands	0	4	0	4	1	4
	Norway	0	21	0	19	0	16
	Poland	7	0	7	0	10	0
	United Kingdom	0	16	0	13	0	19
	Others	11	5	10	5	13	3
MIDDLE EAST*		151	24	148	25	145	21
	Abu Dhabi	11	4	10	5	10	5
	Iran	30	9	28	9	27	5
	Oman	35	0	37	0	34	0
	Saudi Arabia	29	2	29	4	31	2
	Syria	22	0	25	0	23	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	20	9	15	7	16	9
AFRICA		60	19	61	25	61	27
	Algeria	16	0	17	0	17	0
	Egypt	18	8	19	9	18	9
	Libya	9	0	9	1	9	1
	Nigeria	1	6	1	6	3	9
	Others	16	5	15	9	14	8
LATIN AMERICA		210	68	205	64	179	47
	Argentina	66	0	63	0	62	1
	Brazil	10	15	10	15	10	16
	Colombia	8	0	8	0	11	0
	Mexico	73	34	72	33	61	18
	Venezuela	39	14	38	14	21	8
	Others	14	5	14	2	14	4
FAR EAST		115	77	114	79	122	70
	Australia	6	3	8	5	5	5
	China, offshore	0	11	0	11	0	8
	India	48	18	44	21	44	15
	Indonesia	32	12	32	13	39	11
	Malaysia	0	15	0	12	0	15
	Myanmar	8	1	9	0	7	0
	Pakistan	9	0	9	0	15	0
	Thailand	0	5	0	5	1	4
	Vietnam	0	8	0	8	0	9
	Others	12	4	12	4	11	3

TOTAL		1,021	240	1,119	239	985	211

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

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