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Maximum and minimum global oil and gas rig count

Published by Jessica Aizarani, Jan 31, 2023
The lowest international oil and gas rig count that was recorded since 1975 was in August 1999, at 556 rigs. Meanwhile, a peak in the number of active oil and gas rigs was recorded in the early 1980s, at 1,509.

Highest and lowest oil and gas rig count worldwide since 1975

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2021

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Worldwide

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2021

Supplementary notes

The International Rotary Rig Count is a monthly census of active drilling rigs exploring for or developing oil or natural gas outside North America (U.S. and Canada) that is carried out by the source. This data does not include rigs drilling in Russia, the Caspian region, Iran, Sudan, Cuba, North Korea or onshore China. Iraq was excluded from the International Rotary Rig Count for the period of September 1990 to May 2012. Syria is currently excluded from the International Rotary Rig Count since February 2012 due to difficulty obtaining data as a result of the continued civil unrest.

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