U.S. energy firms added oil rigs for a second week in a row even as oil prices fell to 1-1/2-year lows and headed for losses of more than 20 percent this year. Drillers added 2 oil rigs in the week to Dec. 28, bringing the total count to 885, General Electric Co’s ( GE.N ) Baker Hughes energy services firm said in its closely followed report on Friday. RIG-OL-USA-BHI. For the month the rig count fell by 2, its first decline in six months. But for the quarter, the count was up 22, the fourth increase in a row. For the year the count was up 138. That compares with an increase of 222 rigs in 2017 and a decline of 11 rigs in […]