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Gold/Mining/Energy : Strictly: Drilling and oil-field services -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: oilbabe who wrote (52686)	10/8/1999 3:12:00 PM
From: Fitz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

U.S. rotary rig count up 11, Canada down 4 October 8, 1999 2:50pm Source: Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 11 from last week to stand at 741 as of October 8, oil services firm Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday. The number of rigs drilling on land rose by 12 to 614, while rigs working offshore fell by one to 113. The number of rigs active in inland waters was 14, unchanged from last week. The Gulf of Mexico rig count fell by one to 111. The number of rigs searching for gas rose by two to 595, and the number of rigs searching for oil rose by 10 to 141. There was one miscellaneous rig, down one from last week. There were 166 rigs exploring directionally, 42 exploring horizontally, and 533 exploring vertically. In Canada, the number of working rigs fell by four from the previous week to 289. The states with the largest change in their rig count were Texas, which gained five, Oklahoma, which lost three, and New Mexico, which gained one. The weekly rig count reflects the number of rigs exploring for oil and gas, not those producing oil and gas. ((New York Energy Desk, + 1 212 859 1620; fax +1 212 859-1629)) ^REUTERS@