Platts RigData: U.S. Rig Count Grows 77% Year Over Year in March

HOUSTON, April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts RigData, a forecasting and analysis unit of S&P Global Platts, today announced the U.S. rig count for March 2017 was 901, up 67 (8%) from February 2017, and up 391 (77%) from March 2016. This rig count includes U.S. onshore, U.S. inland waters, and U.S. offshore Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs.

• March U.S. land rig count: 852, up 61 from the previous month and up 399 from March 2016.
• March U.S. inland waters and Gulf of Mexico rig count: 49, up 6 from the previous month, and down 8 from March 2016.

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