Baker Hughes reported another 3-rig increase to the number of oil and gas rigs this week. The total number of oil and gas rigs now stands at 984, which is an addition of 216 rigs year over year. Despite the overall increase, the number of oil rigs in the United States decreased by 4 this week, for a total of 796 active oil wells in the US—a figure that is 179 more rigs than this time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 7 this week, and now stands at 188; 37 rigs above this week last year. The oil and gas rig count in the United States has increased by 60 in 2018. Canada continued its losing streak, with a decrease of 29 oil and gas rigs for the week. Canada now has fewer rigs than it did a year ago. Despite multiple bearish events this […]