April 1998
Industry At A Glance

98-04_intoffshorerigs.html (Apr-1998)

A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.

April 1998 Vol. 219 No. 4 
Industry Stats 

International Offshore Rigs

U.S. Gulf of Mexico   Europe/Mediterranean  Worldwide
Feb. 1998 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*

Rigs in fleet, 176 79 110 99 608 305
year ago 184 74 106 93 606 295
Contracted rigs, 171 61 106 96 584 273
year ago 168 54 105 90 568 257
Rig utilization, %, 97.2 77.2 96.4 96.9 96.1 89.5
year ago 91.3 73.0 99.1 96.8 93.7 87.1

Source: Offshore Data Services’ Weekly Mobile Offshore Rig Count
* Updated quarterly

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