After consecutive weeks of significant gains, the US drilling rig count lost 6 units to 1,803 rigs working during the week ended Mar. 21, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. Land-based rigs lost 7 units to 1,730 total as offshore rigs gained 1 unit to 55. Rigs drilling in inland waters were unchanged from a week ago at 18. Rigs targeting gas took the largest hit, falling 18 units to 326. This overshadowed a 12-unit jump in oil rigs to 1,473. Rigs considered unclassified were unchanged at 4. Directional drilling rigs rose 9 units to 213 while horizontal drilling rigs fell 6 units to 1,206. Canada’s rig count took a steep dive, plummeting 133 units to a total of 389. Of those, 117 were oil rigs, bringing that total to 210, and 16 were gas rigs, bringing that total to 179. However, despite this decrease, Canada has 52 more rigs that the comparable week a year ago.