The oil-field services company said… The U.S. oil-rig count was unchanged at 318 in the latest reporting week, according to oil-field services company Baker Hughes Inc., BHI 0.20 % as production outages around the world have led to gains in oil prices in recent weeks. The number of U.S. oil-drilling rigs, viewed as a proxy for activity in the sector, has fallen sharply since oil prices began to tumble in 2014. The number of oil rigs in the U.S. peaked at 1,609 in October 2014. According to Baker Hughes, the number of U.S. gas rigs fell by two in the latest week to 85. The U.S. offshore-rig count was 24 in the latest week, up two from the previous week and down 5 from a year earlier. Crude oil prices edged lower on Friday but were still on track […]