With crude oil trying to stage a recovery, the rig count in North Dakota held steady despite a net decrease in the United States, state data for Monday show. State data show 38 rigs in active service as of Monday , unchanged from last week. The all-time low point is zero and the current rig count is 15 percent below the last record low of 45 reported in August 2009. Oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported 502 rigs were actively exploring for or producing oil and natural gas in the United States for the week ending Feb. 26. That’s a decline of 12 from the previous week and 765, or 60 percent lower, than the same week in 2015. Four other states […]