US Oil Drillers Add Rigs | EN590 Commodities
EN590 Commodities GroupCrude Oil August 07, 2026
Citi Lifts Brent Outlook but Still Sees Oil Falling in 2027 Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst with more than a decade of experience covering the global oil and gas sector. Her… The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States stayed the same overall this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, with the total rig count in the US staying at 588, up 49 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs rose by 3, reaching 454 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 43 above this same time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 3 to 124, which is 1 more than this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs stayed at 10. The latest EIA data showed that weekly U.S. crude oil pro





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