April 2000
Industry At A Glance

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

April 2000 Vol. 221 No. 4 
Industry Stats 

International Offshore Rigs  
U.S. Gulf of
Mexico

Europe/
Mediterranean

   Worldwide   
February 2000 Mobile Platform Mobile Platform*   Mobile Platform*

Rigs in Fleet 193 78 106 100 633 314
    yr ago 180 81 106 99 615 317
Contracted rigs 147 40 75 98 479 235
    yr ago 126 43 94 88 489 255
Rig, % utilization 76.2 51.3 70.6 98.0 75.7 74.8
    yr ago 70.0 53.1 88.7 88.8 79.5 80.4

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

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