The number of active oil and gas rigs rose this week, according to Baker Hughes data, increasing by 11 total rigs. This brings the total number of oil and gas rigs to 947, which is an addition of 235 rigs year over year. The number of oil rigs in the United States rose by 12 this week after falling last week. The number of gas rigs decreased by a single rig. The number of oil rigs stands at 759 versus 566 a year ago. The number of gas rigs in the US now stands at 188, up 145 a year ago. At 11:19am EST, the price of a WTI barrel was trading up $0.47 (+0.72%) to $65.98—almost $2.00 above this same time last week. The Brent barrel , on the other hand, was trading down $0.03 (-0.04%) to $69.94. US crude oil production rose again, to 9.878 million bpd, […]