Oil Rig pipeline The number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States increased by eleven sites this past week, which marked the eleventh straight week of no-decline in the oil rig count, according to Baker Hughes latest report. Seven of the reactivated rigs counted towards the oil count, and the four others counted towards the gas count. Last week, the oil rig count stood at its highest in seven months, even as the count had increased by just a single rig to 407. The domestic oil rig count now stands at 414; this time last year, 652 oil rigs were active. The depleted gas count tells the same story; currently 92 gas rigs are in production, which is less than half of the amount of gas rigs active at the same time last year. State-wise, Louisiana gained eight rigs and Texas restarted production at four sites. […]