US rig count rises for 4th straight week

Permian tally rises to 130

The U.S. rig count continues to claw its way back from record lows brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and oil market crash.
James Durbin/Midland Reporter-TelegramThe U.S. rig count continues to claw its way back from record lows brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and oil market crash.
Baker Hughes, which has tracked the rig count weekly since the 1940s, reported Friday that the rig count posted its fourth consecutive rise, rising three rigs to 269 at work nationally. There were 193 rigs drilling for oil, up four for the week, and 73 drilling for natural gas, down one for the week. The rig count is 587 rigs below the 856 at work this time a year earlier.
Texas added three rigs for 116 at work statewide, down 304 from the