Texas upstream employment rose by 1,900 positions in February to 205,400, according to TIPRO. Jobs in oilfield services jumped by 2,500 positions, while jobs in oil and gas extraction fell by 600. The ...

U.S. rig count drops, with Permian Basin drilling at its lowest since February 2022, according to Baker Hughes.

The number of oil rigs in the US decreased by two during the week ended Friday, according to data compiled by energy services company Baker Hughes (BKR). The count for oil dropped to 484, while gas ...

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Canada has 17 fewer rigs drilling for the week ended Mar. 28, according to Baker Hughes data. Despite the drop, at 163 rigs running, the count is 12 more than the year-ago level. The number of ...

The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. fell by 1 to 592, their first decline in three weeks, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest report. The decline reduces the total rig ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time in three weeks, energy ...

Equinor has awarded a three-year contract for well plugging on its operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) ...

The Norwegian major will dedicate a specialised rig for the programme to plug 15 to 20 wells annually for a total of nine ...

Crude stockpiles rise, while fuel inventories drop. Commercial crude inventories rose by 1.7 million barrels to 437 million, ...

Although the total U.S. rig count increased by one week on week, Canada’s total rig count dropped by 19 during the same ...

Canada dropped 19 rigs for the week ended Mar. 21, according to Baker Hughes data. With 180 rigs running, the count was 11 more than the 169 units drilling during the same period in 2024. The number ...