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The number of oil rigs in the US rose by seven in the week ended Friday, according to data compiled by energy services company Baker Hughes (BKR). The count for oil increased to 488 rigs from 481 last ...

The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. rose by 4 to 592 for a fourth consecutive weekly gain, Baker Hughes said.

Baker Hughes said oil rigs rose by seven to 488 this week, their highest since September, while gas rigs fell by two to 99.

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week in a row to the highest level since June, energy ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that ...

Aker BP ASA drilled a dry well in the Bounty Updip prospect in the Norwegian Sea. Wildcat well 6306/6-3 S, the second in production license 886, was drilled using the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig to a ...