U.S. drilling activity increased for the third consecutive week, with Texas adding the most rigs, according to Baker Hughes.

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U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in eight weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Jan. 31. The oil and gas rig ...

That weekly rise in oil rigs was the biggest increase since February 2023. In the Gulf of Mexico, the rig count fell by one to 11, the lowest since March 2022. In the Haynesville shale in Arkansas, ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 4-rig drop in each of the two ...

For the month, Baker Hughes said the rig count was down seven rigs, the biggest monthly decline since June. The number of rigs seeking crude oil jumped ... for the month. Texas was unchanged ...

For the week ended Jan. 31, the rig count in Canada stood at 258, according to Baker Hughes data. There were 12 additional oil-directed rigs working in Canada and 1 additional gas-directed rig ...