OREANDA-NEWS. Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) announced today that the international rig count for June 2015 was 1,146, down 12 from the 1,158 counted in May 2015, and down 198 from the 1,344 counted in June 2014. The international offshore rig count for June 2015 was 277, down 7 from the 284 counted in May 2015, and down 43 from the 320 counted in June 2014.

The average U.S. rig count for June 2015 was 861, down 28 from the 889 counted in May 2015, and down 1,000 from the 1,861 counted in June 2014. The average Canadian rig count for June 2015 was 129, up 49 from the 80 counted in May 2015, and down 111 from the 240 counted in June 2014.

The worldwide rig count for June 2015 was 2,136, up 9 from the 2,127 counted in May 2015, and down 1,309 from the 3,445 counted in June 2014.

June 2015 Rotary Rig Counts

     

June 2015

        

May 2015

    

June 2014

  
   

Land

Offshore

Total

  

Month Variance

  

Land

Offshore

Total

  

Land

Offshore

Total

  
                               

Latin America

  

252

62

314

  

-13

  

258

69

327

  

328

70

398

  

Europe

  

65

48

113

  

-3

  

68

48

116

  

99

48

147

  

Africa

  

74

29

103

  

3

  

69

31

100

  

87

36

123

  

Middle East

  

352

49

401

  

3

  

357

41

398

  

374

51

425

  

Asia Pacific

  

126

89

215

  

-2

  

122

95

217

  

136

115

251

  

International

  

869

277

1,146

  

-12

  

874

284

1,158

  

1,024

320

1,344

  
                               

United States

  

833

28

861

  

-28

  

857

32

889

  

1,803

58

1,861

  

Canada

  

125

4

129

  

49

  

78

2

80

  

238

2

240

  

North America

  

958

32

990

  

21

  

935

34

969

  

2,041

60

2,101

  
                               

Worldwide

  

1,827

309

2,136

  

9

  

1,809

318

2,127

  

3,065

380

3,445

  
                               

The Baker Hughes Rotary Rig Counts are counts of the number of drilling rigs actively exploring for or developing oil or natural gas in the United States, Canada and international markets. Baker Hughes has issued the rotary rig counts as a service to the petroleum industry since 1944, when Hughes Tool Company began weekly counts of US and Canadian drilling activity. Baker Hughes initiated the monthly international rig count in 1975.

North American rig count data is scheduled to be released at noon central time on the last working day of each week. The international rig count is scheduled to be released on the 5th working day of the month at 5:00 a.m. central time.