US and Canada rig count increases - week 25, 2026

Monday, 22 June 2026 17:07:35 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego

Baker Hughes has reported that for the week ending on June 18, 2026, the US rotary rig count increased by one rig week on week to 563.

The number of rigs drilling for gas increased by one to 122, while number of rigs drilling for oil remained unchanged at 433. The overall US rig count is up by nine rigs in the year-on-year comparison.
 
Meanwhile, the Canadian rig count increased by six to 186 rigs in the week ending June 18. The Canadian rig count increased by 47 compared to the same reporting period in the previous year.
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I graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. in Finance, and also have Masters degree from Northeastern Illinois University in Bilingual Bicultural Education and a Masters from Moody Bible Institute in Divinity. I have been in the steel industry since 2019, focusing on long products.  I now write on finished longs in Mexico, and cover market analysis and dynamics in North America.

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