- The count of U.S. active oil rigs fell by 8 in the past week to 392, Baker Hughes reports, in the 11th straight week of declines.
- The total U.S. rig count, which includes a drop of 5 natural gas rigs to 97, fell by 13 to 489, just one away of the lowest count for total rigs since April 23, 1999.
- The total rig count is down 703 rigs (59%) from last year's 1,192, with oil rigs down by 530 (57%), gas rigs down by 171 (64%).
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