June 1998
Industry At A Glance

98-06_intoffshorerigs.html (Jun-1998)

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

June 1998 Vol. 219 No. 6 
Industry Stats 

International Offshore Rigs

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

Rigs in fleet, 176 81 110 99 609 308
year ago 180 73 104 92 604 295
Contracted rigs, 169 62 106 95 583 267
year ago 167 58 103 90 573 257
Rig utilization, %, 96.0 76.5 96.4 95.9 95.7 86.7
year ago 92.8 79.5 99.0 97.8 94.9 87.1

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

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