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The number of total oil and gas drilling rigs in the US fell by 2 to 540, the 13th time the domestic rig count has declined in the past 14 weeks, Baker Hughes reported.

Baker Hughes, a leading energy services company, said that the U.S. firms have cut back on oil and gas rigs for the second consecutive week.

The overall drilling rig count in North America is down 7 units to 717 the week ended Aug. 1, with drops in oil-directed rigs ...

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The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that ...

The oil and gas rig count fell by two to 540 in the week to August 1, the lowest since October 2021. U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a second week ...

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