The the number of active oil and gas rigs rose slightly in the United States this week according to Baker Hughes, after a string of losses in the weeks prior, but the overall rig count is still well below year-ago levels for an eighth week in a row. The total number of active oil and gas drilling rigs in the United States rose by 1 according to the report, with the number of active oil rigs increasing by 3 to reach 800 and the number of gas rigs decreasing by 2 to reach 184. The combined oil and gas rig count is 984, with oil seeing a 61-rig decrease year on year and gas rigs down 13 since this time last year. The combined oil and gas rig count is down 76 year on year. Year-to-date, the oil rig count has fallen from 877 active rigs on January 4 […]