04-11_int-rotary-rig.html (Nov-2004)

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	Nov 2004 Vol. 225 No. 11


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

CANADA		270	3	348	5	343	5
EUROPE		24	35	23	38	36	47
	Germany	3	0	3	0	2	0
	Italy	5	0	3	2	7	0
	Netherlands	0	6	1	5	2	4
	Norway	0	13	0	13	0	18
	Poland	3	0	3	0	11	0
	United Kingdom	0	15	0	15	0	21
	Others	13	1	13	3	14	4
MIDDLE EAST*		163	26	159	29	149	23
	Abu Dhabi	10	4	10	4	9	6
	Iran	33	10	33	9	27	6
	Oman	33	0	34	0	38	0
	Saudi Arabia	28	3	28	4	28	4
	Syria	23	0	24	0	25	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	32	9	26	12	18	7
AFRICA		75	24	66	26	62	22
	Algeria	20	0	20	0	18	0
	Egypt	25	8	16	11	22	6
	Libya	8	1	8	1	9	1
	Nigeria	0	9	1	8	1	7
	Others	6	6	21	6	12	8
LATIN AMERICA		231	63	234	61	199	60
	Argentina	70	1	73	0	58	1
	Brazil	10	16	10	16	11	16
	Colombia	9	0	9	0	13	0
	Mexico	80	33	80	32	74	29
	Venezuela	44	9	43	9	29	12
	Others	18	4	19	4	14	2
FAR EAST		138	87	130	90	117	77
	Australia	14	6	9	7	8	4
	China, offshore	0	11	0	11	0	10
	India	47	26	48	23	43	18
	Indonesia	41	15	39	15	32	9
	Malaysia	0	13	0	14	0	17
	Myanmar	8	0	8	1	8	1
	Pakistan	13	0	10	0	13	0
	Thailand	2	5	1	6	0	6
	Vietnam	0	9	0	10	0	10
	Others	13	2	15	3	13	2

TOTAL		901	238	960	249	906	234
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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