NOV RIG CENSUS
YEAR AVAILABLE
UNIT CHANGE
% CHANGE
ACTIVE UTIL.

RATE IDLE
DRILLER OWNED
OPERATOR OWNED
1955 1956
1957 1958
1959 1960
1961 1962
1963 1964
1965 1966
1967 1968
1969 1970
1971 1972
1973 1974
1975 1976
1977 1978
1979 1980
1981 1982
1983 1984
1985 1986
1987 1988
1989 1990
1991 1992
1993 1994
1995 1996
1997 1998
1999 2000
2001 2002
2003 2004
2005 2006
2007 2008
2009 2010
2011 2012
2013 2014
2015 2016
2017 3206
3277 3076
2971 3057
3077 2774
2555 2781
2752 2614
2524 2408
2111 2060
1898 1859
1768 1767
1894 2028
2204 2482
2851 3182
3672 4803
5644 5273
4580 4409
3993 3331
2752 2542
2320 2251
1996 1853
1841 1729
1649 1665
1705 1644
1636 1722
n/a 1719
1988 2026
2298 2817
3076 3169
3153 3081
3006 3055
3254 3156
2882 2778
- 71
-201 -105
86 20
-303 -219
226 -29
-138 -90
-116 -297
-51 -162
-39 -91
-1 127
134 176
278 369
331 490
1131 841
-371 -693
-171 -416
-662 -579
-210 -222
-69 -255
-143 -12
-112 -80
16 40
-61 -8
86 n/a
-3 269
38 272
519 259
93 -16
-72 -75
49 199
-883 -274
-104 -
2% -6%
-3% 3%
1% -10%
-8% 9%
-1% -5%
-3% -5%
-12% -2%
-8% -2%
-5% 0%
7% 7%
9% 13%
15% 12%
15% 31%
18% -7%
-13% -4%
-9% -17%
-17% -8%
-9% -3%
-11% -7%
-1% -6%
-5% 1%
2% -4%
0% 5%
n/a 0.0%
16% 2%
13% 23%
9% 3%
-1% -2%
-2% 2%
7% -3%
-9% -4%
2654 2836
2519 1909
2476 2150
2064 1835
2002 2048
1934 1714
1573 1508
1649 1331
1308 1381
1473 1769
1877 1979
2399 2785
2874 3542
4703 3225
2539 3090
2625 1052
1388 1532
1444 1677
1485 1192
1279 1221
1232 1263
1447 1305
860 1215
1593 n/a
1334 1674
1920 2200
2402 2541
1264 2024
2059 2248
2055 2269
1139 577
1150 83%
87% 82%
64% 81%
70% 74%
72% 72%
74% 74%
68% 65%
71% 80%
70% 70%
78% 83%
93% 93%
90% 97%
98% 90%
96% 98%
57% 48%
67% 60%
26% 42%
56% 57%
72% 66%
60% 69%
66% 71%
77% 87%
77% 52%
74% 93%
n/a 78%
84% 95%
96% 85%
83% 40%
64% 67%
75% 67%
70% 36%
20% 41%
552 441
557 1062
581 927
710 720
779 704
680 810
835 603
411 567
551 387
294 125
151 225
83 66
308 130
100 2419
2734 1490
1784 2941
1943 1220
1098 643
766 804
574 620
497 386
218 400
784 421
129 n/a
385 314
106 98
415 535
1905 1129
1022 758
1000 985
2017 2305
1628 2806
2911 2796
2735 2848
2874 2606
2406 2672
2644 2531
2472 2359
2067 2033
1869 1832
1741 1739
1881 2014
2180 2451
2818 3144
3626 4762
5606 5241
4553 4386
3961 3299
2716 2508
2294 2209
1956 1806
1789 1680
1597 1606
1640 1599
1557 1643
n/a 1648
1896 1962
2191 2511
2698 2729
2702 2626
2567 2625
2782 2706
2448 2441
2019 2020
1960 1939
8 -21
0.4% -1.1%
1187 440
61% 23%
773 1499
1735 1878
2018 1952
-826 -30%
1273 65%
679 1680
DEPTH RATING
16,000 TO
19,999 400
366 280
236 209
203 168
149 109
108 83
52 49
44 27
29 27
27 28
13 14
24 31
33 38
46 41
38 32
27 23
32 32
36 34
26 42
40 47
52 49
52 59
65 45
79 79
n/a 71
92 64
107 306
378 440
451 455
439 430
472 299
294 323
OVER 20,000
104 110
111 141
184 210
193 218
272 305
322 350
375 372
366 343
361 397
413 425
448 498
577 693
872 1059
1405 1717
1639 1408
1332 1220
991 771
704 399
380 315
303 326
317 311
339 376
375 392
424 n/a
390 424
375 394
453 471
478 517
498 514
706 782
884 873
883 225
51 832
850 229
769 221
210 175
152 147
148 139
137 142
134 134
161 n/a
205 230
251 287
347 378
449 472
523 589
561 645
589 552
523 13,000 TO
15,999 445
453 425
405 424
378 356
307 298
251 242
206 199
185 188
219 198
171 164
214 225
239 274
313 350
419 595
717 662
591 570
496 427
365 329
313 304
267 240
245 239
221 230
238 232
231 254
n/a 274
295 311
384 508
605 670
662 646
606 551
567 562
509 484
10,000 TO
12,999 613
562 553
487 520
477 399
471 479
463 449
461 435
381 352
322 329
301 318
339 380
366 461
565 631
704 950
1104 993
933 894
789 637
529 515
488 491
441 420
411 393
384 387
391 368
355 373
n/a 368
473 472
562 658
741 754
721 667
616 600
599 544
449 409
6,000 TO
9,999 1237
1256 1075
1067 996
1033 937
823 964
1029 936
863 776
680 626
580 535
490 517
529 579
633 628
723 783
885 1080
1285 1233
1077 1084
971 841
751 700
623 603
553 513
499 453
435 421
412 395
381 371
n/a 359
435 474
521 609
621 577
555 552
496 469
480 295
254 227
3,000 TO
5,999 807
896 912
871 933
979 889
736 768
704 665
644 623
493 528
434 436
409 355
397 396
468 542
557 546
605 773
821 746
571 529
517 435
336 294
276 263
245 225
213 179
159 151
146 140
143 139
n/a 123
131 143
150 242
260 241
226 195
185 168
181 116
108 92
264 387
174 226
98 129
128 164
99 63
359 264
196 64
2021 1663
-276 -14.2%
640 38%
1023 1591
72 781
357 177
111 145
92 2022
1640 -23
-1.4% 893
54% 747
1563 77
839 312
153 112
135 89
AVG. 2639
-36 0
1825 70%
814 2499
134 565
318 357
498 649
401 US Rig Census historical data, 1955-2022. Note: Data for 1953, 1954, and 2002 are not available.

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