HOUSTON, June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts RigData, a forecasting and analytics unit of S&P Global Platts, today announced the U.S. rig count for May 2017 was 1,026, up 55 (6%) from April 2017, and up 581 (131%) from May 2016. This rig count includes U.S. onshore, U.S. inland waters, and U.S. offshore Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs.


    --  May U.S. land rig count: 976, up 54 from the previous month and up 585
        from May 2016.
    --  May U.S. inland waters and Gulf of Mexico rig count: 50, up 1 from the
        previous month, and down 4 from May 2016.



    Platts RigData U.S. Rig Counts


                                   May 2017       Previous      Variance        April 2017     May 2016
                                      Rig          Month          Year             Rig            Rig
                                    Counts        Variance        over            Counts        Counts
                                                                  Year
                                                                  ----

    Colorado                                   37             6              22             31           15

    Louisiana                                  47             2              25             45           22

    New Mexico                                 56             0              39             56           17

    North Dakota                               45            -2              21             47           24

    Oklahoma                                  140             7              81            133           59

    Texas                                     497            32             318            465          179

    Rest of U.S. Land                         154             9              79            145           75

    U.S. Land Subtotal                        976            54             585            922          391
    ------------------                        ---           ---             ---            ---          ---

    U.S. Inland Waters                         14            -1               3             15           11

    U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM)                  36             2              -7             34           43

    U.S. Inland and GOM                        50             1              -4             49           54
    -------------------                       ---           ---             ---            ---          ---

    Total U.S. Rig Count                    1,026            55             581            971          445
    ====================                    =====           ===             ===            ===          ===

                                                            6%           131%
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