The total supply of offshore rigs in the Middle East was 181 in the week of December 16, 2022. The amount of marketed and contracted offshore rigs in the Middle East was 158, bringing the utilization rate to 93.5 percent that month. In November there was the greatest monthly increase since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war as producers in the region expected greater global oil demand for the coming winter.
Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs in the Middle East from May 2021 to December 2022, by contract type
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Statistics on Oil industry in the Middle East
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IHS Markit. (December 16, 2022). Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs in the Middle East from May 2021 to December 2022, by contract type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251105/middle-east-offshore-oil-rig-count-by-contract-type/
IHS Markit. "Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs in the Middle East from May 2021 to December 2022, by contract type." Chart. December 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251105/middle-east-offshore-oil-rig-count-by-contract-type/
IHS Markit. (2022). Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs in the Middle East from May 2021 to December 2022, by contract type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251105/middle-east-offshore-oil-rig-count-by-contract-type/
IHS Markit. "Monthly Number of Offshore Oil and Gas Rigs in The Middle East from May 2021 to December 2022, by Contract Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251105/middle-east-offshore-oil-rig-count-by-contract-type/
IHS Markit, Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs in the Middle East from May 2021 to December 2022, by contract type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251105/middle-east-offshore-oil-rig-count-by-contract-type/ (last visited February 09, 2023)
Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs in the Middle East from May 2021 to December 2022, by contract type [Graph], IHS Markit, December 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251105/middle-east-offshore-oil-rig-count-by-contract-type/