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, following a string of losses for US drillers. The total rig count in the US rose by 7 to 544 rigs, according to Baker Hughes, down 42 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 2 to 422 after falling by 7 during the previous week—and down by 55 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 9 this week, at 117 for a gain of 14 active gas rigs from…
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