第59次全球钻井平台统计报告.docVIP

U.S. rig fleet contracts further, as activity continues to climb As the gap between available and active rigs continues to close, the average rig fleet age is now younger. The total available rig count for the U.S. continued to decline in 2012, even though activity strengthened, according to the 59th annual NOV Downhole Rig Census. Sliding commodity prices since last year did not seem to impact drilling momentum during this year’s census period in the early summer. While activity grew, the fleet continued to shrink, despite another large number of newly manufactured rigs that came online over