Basin rig count down three as prices climb
Mar. 28—The rig count in the Permian Basin was down three this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 297 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 316 rigs were active in the region.
Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is down one from last week at 592 rigs. A year ago, 621 rigs were active. The count shows that 484 rigs sought oil, down two from the previous week, and 103 explored for natural gas, up one from the previous week. The count also shows five miscellaneous rigs, unchanged from the previous week.
The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out in August of 2020 at 244.
The regional benchmark Plains-West Texas Intermediate Posting ended Friday at $65.84 per barrel, up $1.08 from last Friday's close. National benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude ended at $69.36 per barrel, up $1.08 from the previous week.
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