Western Canada’s fleet of drilling rigs increased this week to 191 actively drilling rigs according to data collected by Baker Hughes for the week of July 14.
Drilling activity is still active in comparison to last year’s count.
From one week ago, Alberta rig counts increased to 121 rigs from 105, the Saskatchewan rig count went down – current count at 39 from 43.
Oil drilling increased to 106 rigs from 105; gas rigs increased to 85 from 70.