US and Canada rig count increases - week 37, 2026

Friday, 11 September 2026 22:24:51 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego

Baker Hughes has reported that for the week ending on September 11, 2026, the US rotary rig count increased by three rigs week on week to 591.

The number of rigs drilling for gas increased by two to 132, while number of rigs drilling for oil increased by one to 450. The overall US rig count is up by 52 rigs in the year-on-year comparison.

Meanwhile, the Canadian rig count increased by three to 207 rigs in the week ending September 11. The Canadian rig count increased by 21 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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