HOUSTON, May 13 (Xinhua) — The quantity of active drilling rigs within the United States elevated to 714 this week, up by 9 from the earlier week and 261 from final yr, in keeping with the weekly knowledge launched Friday by Houston-based oilfield providers firm Baker Hughes.
These active drilling rigs included 563 oil rigs working within the U.S. oil fields, up by six from the earlier week; 149 gasoline drilling rigs, up by three from final week; and two miscellaneous rigs, the identical as final week.
The rigs included 695 land drilling rigs, one inland water rig, and 18 offshore drilling rigs.
Of them, 38 are directional drilling rigs, 651 are horizontal drilling rigs and 25 are vertical drilling rigs.
So far, the Permian Basin in western Texas and jap New Mexico has been the most important supply of shale oil manufacturing progress within the United States, having turn out to be an engine of provide progress outdoors the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries previously years.
