Western Canada’s fleet of drilling rigs have risen again this week to 159 actively drilling rigs according to data collected by Baker Hughes for the week of June 16.
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 78 to 88, Saskatchewan added rigs once more for the fifth straight week – current count at 43 which is up 30 from last week.
Oil drilling rose to 91 rigs from 74; gas rigs increased to 68 from 58.