U.S. producers put 76 oil rigs back to work in eight weeks Permian Basin leads increases with 7 of 10 added this week Shale drillers are adding the most oil rigs since crude was worth $100 a barrel as confidence that OPEC may finally agree to freeze output pushed futures into a bull market. U.S. producers have put 76 oil rigs back to work in eight weeks, the biggest and longest increases since 101 were added a couple months before the price crash started in mid-2014, Baker Hughes Inc. data released Friday show. The count rose by 10 this week, bringing the total oil rig count to 406. “As oil has remained in the $40-$50 range, it’s not surprising to see the rig count still advancing,” Luke Lemoine, an analyst at Capital One Southcoast in New Orleans, wrote Friday in an e-mail. “With oil moving towards $50, we believe […]