05-01_int-rotary-rig.html (Jan-2005)

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	Jan 2005 Vol. 226 No. 1


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

CANADA		444	3	369	3	409	3
EUROPE		24	41	26	40	32	41
	Germany	3	0	4	0	2	0
	Italy	5	0	6	1	6	1
	Netherlands	1	3	0	4	1	4
	Norway	0	19	0	16	0	18
	Poland	2	0	3	0	11	0
	United Kingdom	0	15	0	15	0	13
	Others	13	4	13	4	12	5
MIDDLE EAST*		163	23	159	24	146	25
	Abu Dhabi	8	3	8	4	11	4
	Iran	34	7	34	9	28	8
	Oman	36	0	35	0	35	0
	Saudi Arabia	25	3	28	3	27	5
	Syria	24	0	22	0	22	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	32	10	28	8	19	8
AFRICA		68	26	72	19	57	28
	Algeria	20	0	19	0	19	0
	Egypt	16	12	20	6	18	9
	Libya	8	1	9	1	8	1
	Nigeria	1	8	0	7	1	6
	Others	7	5	24	5	11	12
LATIN AMERICA		246	71	230	66	204	65
	Argentina	74	1	71	1	56	0
	Brazil	9	17	10	17	11	14
	Colombia	11	0	9	0	13	0
	Mexico	77	33	76	34	72	35
	Venezuela	55	16	45	9	35	12
	Others	20	4	19	5	17	4
FAR EAST		116	98	121	85	111	71
	Australia	8	7	8	5	9	3
	China, offshore	0	12	0	11	0	11
	India	50	28	50	25	44	17
	Indonesia	27	24	31	15	29	12
	Malaysia	0	14	0	14	0	14
	Myanmar	9	0	8	0	9	1
	Pakistan	12	0	12	0	11	0
	Thailand	0	5	0	5	0	5
	Vietnam	0	6	0	8	0	7
	Others	10	2	12	2	9	1

TOTAL		1,061	262	977	237	959	233
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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