The US drilling rig count increased 17 units to 1,809 rigs working during the week ended Mar. 14, reported. The 40-unit rise over the past 2 weeks has enabled the US the eclipse the 1,800 mark for the first time since December 2012. Land-based rigs received an 18-unit boost to 1,737 while offshore rigs edged down a unit to 54. Rigs drilling in inland waters were unchanged from a week ago at 18. Mirroring the rise in land rigs, oil rigs gained 18 units to 1,461. Gas rigs dropped a unit to 344. Rigs considered unclassified were unchanged at 4. rigs climbed 10 units to 1,212 as directional drilling rigs rose 6 units to 204. It was a different story in Canada, where its rig count plummeted 65 units to 522, a vast majority of which were oil rigs. The 62-unit drop in those rigs to 327 came with […]