05-05_int-rotary-rig.html (May-2005)

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	May 2005 Vol. 226 No. 5

International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Mar 2005		Feb 2005		Mar 2004
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		418	2	590	3	458	4
EUROPE		21	46	20	30	27	48
	Germany	4	0	4	0	4	1
	Italy	2	1	4	1	5	1
	Netherlands	1	3	0	3	0	4
	Norway	0	18	0	12	0	21
	Poland	1	0	1	0	7	0
	United Kingdom	2	21	1	13	0	16
	Others	11	3	10	1	11	5
MIDDLE EAST*		163	28	158	24	151	24
	Abu Dhabi	10	3	10	3	11	4
	Iran	34	9	34	9	30	9
	Oman	35	0	32	0	35	0
	Saudi Arabia	29	5	30	3	29	2
	Syria	21	0	22	0	22	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	30	11	26	9	20	9
AFRICA		80	18	77	20	60	19
	Algeria	20	0	20	0	16	0
	Egypt	25	4	23	3	18	8
	Libya	8	1	9	1	9	0
	Nigeria	3	7	1	8	1	6
	Sudan	18	0	18	0	12	0
	Others	6	6	6	8	4	5
LATIN AMERICA		256	58	249	68	210	68
	Argentina	74	1	73	1	66	0
	Brazil	10	16	10	16	10	15
	Colombia	12	0	13	0	8	0
	Mexico	87	26	84	35	73	34
	Venezuela	54	12	51	13	39	14
	Others	19	3	18	3	14	5
FAR EAST		117	104	119	111	115	77
	Australia	9	9	7	9	6	3
	China, offshore	0	14	0	13	0	11
	India	48	26	47	28	48	18
	Indonesia	29	22	33	25	32	12
	Malaysia	0	13	0	13	0	15
	Myanmar	8	2	8	3	8	1
	Pakistan	11	1	9	1	9	0
	Thailand	1	7	1	7	0	5
	Vietnam	0	9	1	8	0	8
	Others	11	1	13	4	12	4

TOTAL		1,055	256	1,213	256	1,021	240
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.