據Oil & Gas Journal網站4月16日報道 根據貝克休斯公司的數據，截至4月16日當周，美國鉆機數量增加了7部，達到439部，與去年同期的529部相比減少了90部。

　　陸上鉆機數量增加5部，共計426部；海上鉆機數量增加1部，至12部。

　　美國石油導向鉆機數量增加7部，至344部，去年同期為438部。天然氣導向鉆機數量增加了1部，至94部，比去年同期多5部。

　　在主要的石油和天然氣生產州中，德克薩斯州的鉆機數量增長幅度最大，共增加了5部，至214部。

　　路易斯安那州、俄克拉荷馬州和北達科他州各增加1部，鉆機數量分別達到47、21和15部。

　　賓夕法尼亞州鉆機數量減少了1部，至18部。

　　本周有8個州鉆機數量保持不變：新墨西哥州70部、西弗吉尼亞州11部、科羅拉多州10部、俄亥俄州10部、猶他州8部、加利福尼亞州7部、懷俄明州4部和阿拉斯加3部。

　　加拿大鉆機數量減少了2部，至56部，與去年同期的30部相比多26部。加拿大石油導向鉆機數量減少了2部，至17部。加拿大天然氣導向鉆機數量保持不變，仍為39部。

　　吳恒磊 編譯自 Oil & Gas Journal

　　原文如下：

　　Baker Hughes: US rig count up 7 units to 439

　　The US drilling rig count increased 7 units to reach 439 rigs working for the week ended Apr. 16, according to Baker Hughes data. The count is down 90 units from the 529 rigs working this time a year ago.

　　The number of rigs drilling on land was up 5 units week-over-week with a total of 426. The number of rigs drilling offshore increased by 1 unit to reach 12.

　　US oil-directed rigs were up 7 rigs from last week at 344 units. This time a year ago, 438 units were drilling for oil. Rigs targeting gas increased by 1 to reach 94, 5 more than were drilling for gas at this time a year ago.

　　Of the major oil and gas-producing states, Texas saw the largest increase. A 5-rig increase brought the rig count to 214 for the week.

　　Louisiana, Oklahoma, and North Dakota each gained a single rig to reach 47, 21, and 15 rigs running, respectively.

　　The rig count in Pennsylvania decreased by a single rig to 18.

　　Eight states remained unchanged this week, namely New Mexico, 70; West Virginia, 11; Colorado, 10; Ohio, 10; Utah, 8; California, 7; Wyoming, 4; and Alaska, 3.

　　Canada’s rig count decreased by 2 units to 56 rigs drilling for the week. The count is 26 more than the 30 units drilling this week a year ago. At 17 units, Canada’s oil-directed rig count is down 2 units for the week. The gas-directed rig count in Canada was unchanged at 39.