This statistic displays the highest and lowest oil and gas rig counts in the United States and Canada that have been recorded since 1940 until July 2019. The highest oil and gas rig count in the U.S. that was recorded since 1940 was in the week of December 28, 1981 at 4,530 rigs.
Highest and lowest active oil and gas rig count in the United States and Canada from 1940 to 2019*
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Statistics on Oil industry in Latin America
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global oil production share 2010-2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of oil and gas rigs by world region October 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of active oil rigs in Latin America 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Global oil exporters 2021, by region
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Crude Oil Prices
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- Premium Statistic Brazil's crude oil export prices 2019-2022
- Basic Statistic Ecopetrol's average crude oil price 2014-2022
Reserves and Production
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- Basic Statistic Latin America: proved crude oil reserves 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Latin America: crude oil reserves 1990-2020
- Premium Statistic Oil production in Latin America & the Caribbean 2009-2021
- Basic Statistic Crude oil production in Latin America & the Caribbean 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Oil production in Brazil 2008-2021
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Foreign Trade
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- Premium Statistic Oil export volume in Latin America 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Petroleum export value from Brazil 2010-2021
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- Premium Statistic Crude oil import value in Brazil 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Petroleum import value in Chile 2015-2021
Major Players
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- Premium Statistic Latin America: top national oil companies 2020, by revenue
- Premium Statistic Petrobras' revenue 2009-2022
- Basic Statistic Pemex's net sales 2009-2021
- Premium Statistic YPF's annual revenue 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Ecopetrol's sales revenue 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic ENAP's revenue 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic EP Petroecuador's annual revenue 2014-2021
Further related statistics
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- Change in oil and gas rig count in selected U.S. states 2015-2016
- Response of employment from oil and gas rig decline in select U.S. states 2015-2016
- Long run oil gas rig job loss as share of total employment in U.S. states 2015
- Total global deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide 2010-2016
- Number of land wells per oil and gas rig in the U.S. quarterly 2012-2014
- Global oil and gas equipment market 2002-2020
- Real GDP contribution of oil and gas and associated manufacturing in Canada 2010-2020
- Drilling rigs available in Canada 1977-2021
- Annual change in oil rig count in the U.S. by region 2020
- Number of drilling rigs in Mexico 2016-2022
- Oil and gas receipts in Ghana 2019-2020
- Total OPEC tanker fleet deadweight tonnage 2009-2016
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- Total global deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide 2010-2016
- Number of land wells per oil and gas rig in the U.S. quarterly 2012-2014
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- Number of drilling rigs in Mexico 2016-2022
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- Total OPEC tanker fleet deadweight tonnage 2009-2016
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Baker Hughes. (July 1, 2019). Highest and lowest active oil and gas rig count in the United States and Canada from 1940 to 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/718871/oil-and-gas-rig-maximum-and-minimum-count-in-canada-and-the-us/
Baker Hughes. "Highest and lowest active oil and gas rig count in the United States and Canada from 1940 to 2019*." Chart. July 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718871/oil-and-gas-rig-maximum-and-minimum-count-in-canada-and-the-us/
Baker Hughes. (2019). Highest and lowest active oil and gas rig count in the United States and Canada from 1940 to 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718871/oil-and-gas-rig-maximum-and-minimum-count-in-canada-and-the-us/
Baker Hughes. "Highest and Lowest Active Oil and Gas Rig Count in The United States and Canada from 1940 to 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/718871/oil-and-gas-rig-maximum-and-minimum-count-in-canada-and-the-us/
Baker Hughes, Highest and lowest active oil and gas rig count in the United States and Canada from 1940 to 2019* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/718871/oil-and-gas-rig-maximum-and-minimum-count-in-canada-and-the-us/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Highest and lowest active oil and gas rig count in the United States and Canada from 1940 to 2019* [Graph], Baker Hughes, July 1, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/718871/oil-and-gas-rig-maximum-and-minimum-count-in-canada-and-the-us/