Western Canada’s fleet of drilling rigs have risen again this week to 99 actively drilling rigs 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 three weeks, and is still very active in comparison to last year’s count.
From one week ago, Alberta rig counts dropped from 66 to 57, Saskatchewan added rigs once more for the third straight week – current count at 22 which is up 12 from last week.
Oil drilling rose to 51 rigs from 40; gas rigs decreased to 48 from 53.