Baker Hughes: Weekly North America Rigs Dip By 10 to 760


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- North American energy drilling activity declined this 
week, Baker Hughes weekly rotary rigs report released Friday (7/10) showed, 
with the regional count of active rigs dropping by 10 to 760, from a prior 770.

   Year on year, rigs for Canada and the United States combined were up 61 from 
the 699 actively deployed in the exact same week of 2025.

   The present week's lower numbers showed contrasting domestic changes, as the 
U.S. tally edged up by one while Canadian activity dropped significantly by 11 
rigs.

   In the U.S. alone, oil-directed rigs were flat at 445, while gas-directed 
drilling numbers also held steady at 126. Miscellaneous rigs in the domestic 
market gained by one to stand at a total of 10.

   By trajectory, horizontal U.S. rigs decreased by three to 517, vertical 
units rose by one to 13, and directional rigs were flat at 48.




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