HOUSTON – Baker Hughes has officially announced that the international rig count for March 2015 was 1,251, down 24 from the 1,275 counted in February 2015, and down 94 from the 1,345 counted in March 2014. The international offshore rig count for March 2015 was 316, down 8 from the 324 counted in February 2015, and down 18 from the 334 counted in March 2014.
The average U.S. rig count for March 2015 was 1,110, down 238 from the 1,348 counted in February 2015, and down 693 from the 1,803 counted in March 2014. The average Canadian rig count for March 2015 was 196, down 167 from the 363 counted in February 2015, and down 253 from the 449 counted in March 2014.
The worldwide rig count for March 2015 was 2,557, down 429 from the 2,986 counted in February 2015, and down 1,040 from the 3,597 counted in March 2014.
March 2015 Rotary Rig Counts
| March2015 | February2015 | March2014 | |||||||||||||
| Land | Offshore | Total | Month Variance |
Land | Offshore | Total | Land | Offshore | Total | ||||||
| Latin America | 284 | 67 | 351 | -4 | 283 | 72 | 355 | 337 | 69 | 406 | |||||
| Europe | 80 | 55 | 135 | 2 | 77 | 56 | 133 | 93 | 55 | 148 | |||||
| Africa | 85 | 40 | 125 | -7 | 88 | 44 | 132 | 97 | 35 | 132 | |||||
| Middle East | 355 | 52 | 407 | -8 | 367 | 48 | 415 | 350 | 51 | 401 | |||||
| Asia Pacific | 131 | 102 | 233 | -7 | 136 | 104 | 240 | 134 | 124 | 258 | |||||
| International | 935 | 316 | 1,251 | -24 | 951 | 324 | 1,275 | 1,011 | 334 | 1,345 | |||||
| United States | 1,067 | 43 | 1,110 | -238 | 1,296 | 52 | 1,348 | 1,750 | 53 | 1,803 | |||||
| Canada | 193 | 3 | 196 | -167 | 360 | 3 | 363 | 448 | 1 | 449 | |||||
| North America | 1,260 | 46 | 1,306 | -405 | 1,656 | 55 | 1,711 | 2,198 | 54 | 2,252 | |||||
| Worldwide | 2,195 | 362 | 2,557 | -429 | 2,607 | 379 | 2,986 | 3,209 | 388 | 3,597 | |||||