Western Canada’s fleet of drilling rigs have risen again this week to 132 actively drilling rigs according to data collected by Baker Hughes for the week of June 9.
Drilling activity has increased the last month, and is still very active in comparison to last year’s count.
From one week ago, Alberta rig counts rose from 57 to 78, Saskatchewan added rigs once more for the fourth straight week – current count at 30 which is up 22 from last week.
Oil drilling rose to 74 rigs from 51; gas rigs increased to 58 from 48.