January 1998
Industry At A Glance

98-01_intoffshorerigs.html (Jan-1998)

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

January 1998 Vol. 219 No. 1 
Industry Stats 

International Offshore Rigs

U.S. Gulf of Mexico Europe/Mediterranean Worldwide
Nov. 1997 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform* Mobile Platform*

Rigs in fleet, 176 79 111 101 606 306
year ago 179 76 106 93 605 303
Contracted rigs, 169 65 107 96 580 272
year ago 165 59 106 90 564 264
Rig utilization, %, 96.0 82.3 96.4 95.0 95.7 88.9
year ago 92.1 77.6 100.0 96.8 93.2 87.1

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

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