Global number of onshore and offshore oil rigs 2010-2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 25, 2023
Most of the world's oil rigs are located on land. At the end of 2022, there were 1,532 operational onshore oil rigs, compared with 231 offshore rigs. In 2021, there was a notable increase in the global rig fleet as oil demand increased again following the coronavirus pandemic-induced economic slump. Meanwhile, the decline in offshore rigs is mainly due to a fall in proved reserves in the North Sea.
The annual average number of global oil rigs in 2022 was 1,747, an increase compared to 2021. North America is the region with the greatest number of oil and gas rigs.

Number of land and offshore oil rigs worldwide at the end of each year from 2010 to 2022

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2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The statistic was assembled using two different reports, totals for North America were found here.

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