04-02_int-rotary-rig.html (Mar-2004)

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	Feb. 2004 Vol. 225 No. 2


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Dec 2003		Nov 2003		Dec 2002
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		412	5	409	3	344	4
EUROPE		32	47	32	41	32	47
	Germany	2	0	2	0	4	0
	Italy	6	1	6	1	3	2
	Netherlands	1	4	1	4	2	3
	Norway	0	17	0	18	0	15
	Poland	11	0	11	0	12	0
	United Kingdom	0	21	0	13	0	23
	Others	12	4	12	5	11	4
MIDDLE EAST*		150	25	146	25	145	28
	Abu Dhabi	10	4	11	4	9	6
	Iran	31	8	28	8	25	9
	Oman	37	0	35	0	32	0
	Saudi Arabia	25	6	27	5	29	4
	Syria	24	0	22	0	24	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	19	7	19	8	22	9
AFRICA		63	33	57	28	62	23
	Algeria	20	0	19	0	22	0
	Egypt	18	9	18	9	19	5
	Libya	10	1	8	1	9	1
	Nigeria	1	8	1	6	3	9
	Others	7	15	4	12	4	8
LATIN AMERICA		197	67	204	65	175	44
	Argentina	60	0	56	0	55	1
	Brazil	11	13	11	14	12	14
	Colombia	11	0	13	0	10	0
	Mexico	68	39	72	35	59	21
	Venezuela	33	12	35	12	25	5
	Others	14	3	17	4	14	3
FAR EAST		114	75	111	71	125	72
	Australia	9	4	9	3	5	5
	China, offshore	0	10	0	11	0	9
	India	43	19	44	17	46	12
	Indonesia	30	12	29	12	41	12
	Malaysia	0	14	0	14	0	15
	Myanmar	9	1	9	1	7	0
	Pakistan	12	0	11	0	13	0
	Thailand	0	5	0	5	0	7
	Vietnam	0	9	0	7	0	9
	Others	23	1	20	1	26	3

TOTAL		968	252	959	233	883	218

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

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