04-01_int-rotary-rig.html (Jan-2004)

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	Jan. 2004 Vol. 225 No. 1

International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Oct 2003		Sep 2003		Oct 2002
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		409	3	391	3	276	5
EUROPE		32	41	32	44	26	58
	Germany	2	0	2	0	4	0
	Italy	6	1	6	1	3	2
	Netherlands	1	4	1	5	1	3
	Norway	0	18	0	19	0	23
	Poland	11	0	11	0	11	1
	United Kingdom	0	13	1	14	0	24
	Others	12	5	11	5	7	5
MIDDLE EAST*		146	25	146	23	143	31
	Abu Dhabi	11	4	10	5	9	5
	Iran	28	8	27	8	25	10
	Oman	35	0	36	0	32	0
	Saudi Arabia	27	5	28	5	29	3
	Syria	22	0	24	0	23	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	19	8	17	5	21	13
AFRICA		57	28	60	22	61	23
	Algeria	19	0	17	0	21	0
	Egypt	18	9	20	4	20	1
	Libya	8	1	9	1	9	1
	Nigeria	1	6	0	7	3	10
	Others	4	12	7	10	4	11
LATIN AMERICA		204	65	201	65	173	57
	Argentina	56	0	56	0	53	1
	Brazil	11	14	11	15	11	16
	Colombia	13	0	12	0	8	0
	Mexico	72	35	73	35	58	22
	Venezuela	35	12	32	12	29	14
	Others	17	4	17	3	14	4
FAR EAST		111	71	119	78	120	68
	Australia	9	3	9	6	5	4
	China, offshore	0	11	0	11	0	9
	India	44	17	45	17	43	14
	Indonesia	29	12	31	11	37	6
	Malaysia	0	14	0	16	0	13
	Myanmar	9	1	9	1	6	0
	Pakistan	11	0	13	0	15	0
	Thailand	0	5	0	5	0	7
	Vietnam	0	7	0	9	0	10
	Others	20	1	25	2	29	5

TOTAL		959	233	949	235	799	242

Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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