The U.S. natural gas rig count rose by one unit to 98 for the week ending Friday (Aug. 16), according to updated data from Enverus and Baker Hughes Co. (BKR).
The active gas rig count represented a decline of 19 units versus the year-earlier count of 117. The combined domestic rig count, which included a drop of two oil rigs and one miscellaneous unit, finished lower by two units at 586 from a week earlier, according to the latest numbers.
Land drilling accounted for that total two-rig decline as units in the Gulf of Mexico were unchanged on the week. Two directional rigs exited during the week to drop the segment count to 48, the data show. Horizontal rigs were unchanged at 521.
