Western Canada’s fleet of drilling rigs have risen again this week 93 actively drilling according to data collected by Baker Hughes for the week of May 26.
Drilling activity is normally slow this time of year but has increased the last two weeks, and is still very active in comparison to last year’s count.
From one week ago, Alberta rig counts stayed the same at 66 active rigs, Saskatchewan added rigs once more for the third straight week – current count at 12 which is up 8 from last week.
Oil drilling rose to 40 rigs from 36; gas rigs increased to 53 from 49.