HOUSTON, March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts RigData, a forecasting and analytics unit of S&P Global Platts, today announced the U.S. rig count for February 2017 was 834, up 61 (8%) from January 2017, and up 245 (42%) from February 2016. This rig count includes U.S. onshore, U.S. inland waters, and U.S. offshore Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs.


    --  February U.S. land rig count: 791, up 58 from the previous month and up
        264 from February 2016.
    --  February U.S. inland waters and Gulf of Mexico (GOM) rig count: 43, up 3
        from the previous month, and down 19 from February 2016.


    Platts RigData U.S. Rig Counts

                                   February 2017 Rig Counts  Previous Month Variance   Variance Year over Year    January 2017 Rig
                                                                                                                       Counts          February 2016 Rig Counts
                                    ------------------------  -----------------------   -----------------------     ----------------   ------------------------

    Colorado                                              31                         1                         12                    30                          19

    Louisiana                                             39                         6                         14                    33                          25

    New Mexico                                            46                         6                         23                    40                          23

    North Dakota                                          36                         0                         -4                    36                          40

    Oklahoma                                             114                         8                         34                   106                          80

    Texas                                                398                        31                        150                   367                         248

    Rest of U.S. Land                                    393                        27                        114                   366                         279

    U.S. Land Subtotal                                   791                        58                        264                   733                         527
    ------------------                                   ---                       ---                        ---                   ---                         ---

    U.S. Inland Waters                                     9                         3                         -1                     6                          10

    U.S. Gulf of Mexico                                   34                         0                        -18                    34                          52

    U.S. Inland and GOM                                   43                         3                        -19                    40                          62
    -------------------                                  ---                       ---                        ---                   ---                         ---

    Total U.S. Rig Count                                 834                        61                        245                   773                         589
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                                                                                   8%                       42%
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