The number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States climbed for a 17 th straight week, with both natural gas and oil rigs increasing. The number of active natural gas rigs climbed by six while the number of active oil rigs increased by four. Oil prices were trending down on Friday morning while natural gas prices continued to climb. The number of active drilling rigs in the United States rose by 10 this week—the 17 th straight weekly increase to the number of oil and gas rigs in the United States. The total rig count now has now reached 645 as the price of crude slipped for its first weekly decline in nine weeks. Baker Hughes reported this week that the total active rig figure—oil, gas, and miscellaneous—is 248 rigs higher than the rig count this time in 2021. Oil-directed rigs rose 4 to 520, while […]