National Oil & Gas Rig Count Tumbles, M-U Rig Count Holds Steady

Baker Hughes reported the rig count for last week saw the deepest cuts in rigs for any single week since June 2020 (just as the COVID pandemic and lockdowns were taking hold). The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by 12 to 759 in the week ending Feb. 3. That is the lowest overall rig count number since September of last year. All of which sounds rather ominous. So we grabbed the numbers and updated our own spreadsheet/chart, and found the rig count across the three Marcellus/Utica states--Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia--remained a constant 52 active rigs over the past three months. Whew.

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