NOV RIG CENSUS
TABLE 2: CANADIAN RIG FLEET, 2007-2022
Previous Year's Fleet
for each year
2022 2021
2020 2019
2018 2017
2016 2015
2014 2013
2012 2011
2010 2009
2008 2007
406 427
458 464
591 627
612 796
777 747
774 795
852 875
871 799
REDUCTIONS TO FLEET
Removed from service
-51 -22
-29 -21
-146 -47
-24 -206
-38 -52
-67 -63
-94 -17
-24 -6
Moved out of the
country 0
0 0
-3 -6
-3 0
-10 -11
-21 -33
-11 -17
-42 -19
-10 Destroyed
-3 0
-2 -1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
-1 0
Subtotal Deletions
-54 -22
-31 -25
-152 -50
-24 -216
-49 -73
-100 -74
-111 -59
-44 -16
ADDITIONS TO FLEET
Newly manufactured
2 1
0 6
4 5
21 10
24 64
35 8
15 29
47 86
Reactivated or
assembled from parts
4 0
0 12
20 8
18 8
32 33
34 35
35 2
1 2
Moved into the country
0 0
0 1
1 1
0 7
12 6
4 10
4 5
0 0
Subtotal Additions
6 1
0 19
25 14
39 25
68 103
73 53
54 36
48 88
NET CHANGE
-48 -21
-31 -6
-127 -36
15 -191
19 30
-27 -21
-57 -23
4 72
TOTAL AVAILABLE
RIGS 358
406 427
458 464
591 627
612 796
777 747
774 795
852 875
871 TOTAL ACTIVE RIGS
184 140
29 160
194 206
91 163
352 289
329 369
334 191
406 371
UTILIZATION 51%
34% 7%
35% 42%
35% 15%
27% 44%
37% 44%
48% 42%
22% 46%
43% Table 2: Utilization continued to climb in Canada, reaching 51% in the new census period. This is partly because of a reduced
available fleet; however, the number of active rigs also increased significantly.

TABLE 3: GLOBAL OFFSHORE MOBILE FLEET, 2007-2022
Previous Year's Fleet
for each year
2022 2021
2020 2019
2018 2017
2016 2015
2014 2013
2012 2011
2010 2009
2008 2007
621 655
680 700
711 751
825 847
789 753
794 745
705 675
650 654
-56 -43
-49 -40
-67 -99
-72 -13
-14 -30
-7 -2
-11 -7
-26 REDUCTIONS TO FLEET
Removed from service
-22 Destroyed
0 -1
0 0
0 0
0 0
-2 -1
-2 0
-4 -3
0 0
Subtotal Deletions
-22 -57
-43 -49
-40 -67
-99 -72
-15 -15
-32 -7
-6 -14
-7 -26
ADDITIONS TO FLEET
Newly manufactured
8 17
18 24
24 21
20 48
64 44
45 47
40 43
28 11
Reactivated or
assembled from parts
9 6
0 5
5 6
5 2
9 7
6 9
6 1
4 11
Subtotal Additions
17 23
18 29
29 27
25 50
73 51
51 56
46 44
32 22
NET CHANGE
-5 -34
-25 -20
-11 -40
-74 -22
58 36
19 49
40 30
25 -4
TOTAL AVAILABLE
RIGS 616
621 655
680 700
711 751
825 847
789 753
794 745
705 675
650 TOTAL ACTIVE RIGS
470 436
437 468
452 448
498 649
721 702
636 559
572 571
592 574
UTILIZATION 76%
70% 67%
69% 65%
63% 66%
79% 85%
89% 84%
70% 77%
81% 88%
88% Table 3: The global MODU utilization rate continued to increase, reaching 76% in the 2022 census. As opposed to recent years,
this year’s increase was driven by more active rigs rather than a decrease in fleet size.

30 rigs, respectively, in June 2022. Mexico
has also recovered with 25 active rigs.

In the Asia Pacific region, India’s rig
count has been consistently in the 60s
34 since mid-2020. Indonesia and Australia
each saw a 50% bump in active rigs since
last year and ended the 2022 census period
with 29 and 18 rigs, respectively. China
continues to dominate the active count in
the region by a huge margin.

The highest active rig counts in Africa
were previously Algeria and Libya, but
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