Western Canada’s fleet of drilling rigs increased this week to 206 actively drilling rigs according to data collected by Baker Hughes for the week of July 21.
From one week ago, Alberta rig counts increased to 132 rigs from 121, the Saskatchewan rig count went down – current count at 42 from 39.
Oil drilling increased to 118 rigs from 106; gas rigs increased to 88 from 85.