The US drilling rig count dropped 6 units to 1,860 rigs working during the week ended June 6, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. The decline follows BHI’s report that the average US rig count for May was 1,859, 24 more than April’s count and 92 more than in May 2013. During the week, land rigs declined 5 units to 1,787 and offshore rigs fell 2 units to 58, while rigs drilling in inland waters edged up a unit to 15. Gas rigs decreased 6 units to 320. Unchanged from a week ago were oil rigs at 1,536 and rigs considered unclassified at 4. Directional drilling rigs jumped 9 units to 221. Horizontal drilling rigs edged down a unit to 1,250. Canada’s rig count, meanwhile, increased 16 units to 214, a gain of 62 from this week a year ago. A 17-unit spike in oil rigs to 122 was nicked […]