The US drilling rig count increased 6 units to reach 1,931 rigs working during the week ended Sept. 12, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. The average US rig count for August totaled 1,904, up 28 from July and 123 from August 2013. During the week, the 6-unit gain was comprised of a 5-unit rise in land rigs to 1,852 and a 1-unit rise in offshore rigs to 66. Rigs drilling in inland waters held steady at 13. An 8-unit gain in oil rigs to 1,592 was cut into by a 2-unit decline in gas rigs to 338. One rig considered unclassified remains from a week ago. Horizontal drilling rigs jumped 9 units to 1,342, overcoming a 7-unit fall in directional rigs to 217. In Canada, a 9-unit loss brought its rig count to 405. Oil rigs dropped 6 units to 222 and gas rigs dropped […]