this week according to Baker Hughes, but the 4-rig decrease in the number of gas rigs was completely offset by an equal increase to the number of oil rigs. There was no change to the overall number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States The total number of active oil rigs in the United States rose by 4 according to the report, reaching 793. The number of active gas rigs decreased by 4 to reach 173. The combined oil and gas rig count is still 967 for the week, with oil seeing a 65-rig decrease year on year and gas rigs down 14 since this time last year. The combined oil and gas rig count is down 80 year on year. Year-to-date, the oil rig count has fallen from 858 active rigs since the beginning of the year to 793, while gas rigs have fallen from […]