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Rig deployment in the US continued to pick up steam during the week ended Feb. 3 as Baker Hughes Inc.’s tally of active units recorded its third consecutive weekly double-digit increase.

The US drilling rig count increased by 17 during the week ended Jan. 27 to 712 active units, according to data collected by Baker Hughes Inc.
The overall rise continues to reflect a resurgence in units targeting
crude oil, drilling horizontally, and …

The US drilling rig count dropped by 6 to 659 active units during the week ended Jan. 13, marking its first decrease since Nov. 11, 2016, and largest since the drilling rebound began at the beginning of June, according to Baker Hughes Inc. data.

The US drilling rig count began the new year with its eighth consecutive weekly rise and 28th increase of the past 32 weeks that comprise the recent drilling rebound.

The Texas upstream oil and gas economy contracted in November for the 24th consecutive month, according to the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers’ Texas Petro Index (TPI).

A recent surge in the US rig count has included double-digit increases in 7 of the last 12 weeks.

The US rig count has recorded an increase of 20 or more units twice in the last 4 weeks, accelerating a drilling rebound that spans more than 6 months.

A near 2-year-long contraction of the Texas oil and gas industry economy now dwindles as higher wellhead prices have revived the state’s drilling and permitting activity.

The US drilling rig count jumped 20 units to 588 during the week ended Nov. 18, according to Baker Hughes Inc. data. It’s the count’s largest increase since April 2014, several months before the beginning of a steep drilling dive the lasted a year and a half.

The upstream oil and gas economy in Texas contracted in August for the 21st consecutive month, according to the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers’ Texas Petro Index (TPI).