05-03_int-rotary-rig.html (Mar-2005)

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	Mar 2005 Vol. 226 No. 3

International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Jan 2005		Dec 2004		Jan 2004
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		547	3	436	4	549	5
EUROPE		20	33	23	36	29	36
	Germany	4	1	2	0	2	0
	Italy	3	1	4	1	4	1
	Netherlands	0	2	1	3	1	2
	Norway	0	15	0	14	0	16
	Poland	1	0	3	0	9	0
	United Kingdom	1	9	1	15	1	14
	Others	11	5	12	3	12	3
MIDDLE EAST*		160	25	167	24	156	25
	Abu Dhabi	9	3	8	3	9	5
	Iran	31	10	33	7	31	8
	Oman	34	0	36	0	37	0
	Saudi Arabia	29	3	31	3	29	5
	Syria	21	0	23	0	25	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	32	9	32	11	21	7
AFRICA		76	20	72	29	61	22
	Algeria	19	0	20	0	20	0
	Egypt	21	7	18	13	16	10
	Libya	9	1	9	1	9	1
	Nigeria	2	7	2	9	2	5
	Sudan	18	0	17	0	9	0
	Others	7	5	6	6	5	6
LATIN AMERICA		246	61	243	63	204	69
	Argentina	73	1	73	1	64	0
	Brazil	10	16	9	17	10	12
	Colombia	14	0	13	0	9	0
	Mexico	81	29	75	28	70	40
	Venezuela	54	13	55	14	38	14
	Others	14	2	18	3	13	3
FAR EAST		124	95	116	96	118	82
	Australia	7	9	7	7	9	4
	China, offshore	0	12	0	12	0	10
	India	50	28	49	27	44	18
	Indonesia	30	21	27	24	34	15
	Malaysia	0	9	0	11	0	17
	Myanmar	8	2	8	1	9	1
	Pakistan	15	0	12	0	10	0
	Thailand	1	5	1	5	0	5
	Vietnam	1	6	1	5	0	9
	Others	12	3	11	4	12	3

TOTAL		1,173	237	1,057	252	1,117	239
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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