05-02_int-rotary-rig.html (Feb-2005)

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	Feb 2005 Vol. 226 No. 2


International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Dec 2004		Nov 2004		Dec 2003
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		436	4	444	3	412	5
EUROPE		23	36	24	41	32	47
	Germany	2	0	3	0	2	0
	Italy	4	1	5	0	6	1
	Netherlands	1	3	1	3	1	4
	Norway	0	14	0	19	0	17
	Poland	3	0	2	0	11	0
	United Kingdom	1	15	0	15	0	21
	Others	12	3	13	4	12	4
MIDDLE EAST*		167	24	163	23	150	25
	Abu Dhabi	8	3	8	3	10	4
	Iran	33	7	34	7	31	8
	Oman	36	0	36	0	37	0
	Saudi Arabia	31	3	25	3	25	6
	Syria	23	0	24	0	24	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	32	11	32	10	19	7
AFRICA		72	29	68	26	63	33
	Algeria	20	0	20	0	20	0
	Egypt	18	13	16	12	18	9
	Libya	9	1	8	1	10	1
	Nigeria	2	9	1	8	1	8
	Others	7	6	23	5	14	15
LATIN AMERICA		243	63	246	71	197	67
	Argentina	73	1	74	1	60	0
	Brazil	9	17	9	17	11	13
	Colombia	13	0	11	0	11	0
	Mexico	75	28	77	33	68	39
	Venezuela	55	14	55	16	33	12
	Others	18	3	20	4	14	3
FAR EAST		116	96	116	98	114	75
	Australia	7	7	8	7	9	4
	China, offshore	0	12	0	12	0	10
	India	49	27	50	28	43	19
	Indonesia	27	24	27	24	30	12
	Malaysia	0	11	0	14	0	14
	Myanmar	8	1	9	0	9	1
	Pakistan	12	0	12	0	12	0
	Thailand	1	5	0	5	0	5
	Vietnam	1	5	0	6	0	9
	Others	11	4	10	2	11	1

TOTAL		1,057	252	1,061	262	968	252
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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