US drillers add oil and gas rigs for third time in four weeks, says Baker Hughes

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the third time in four weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.
Houston Chronicle

Oil rig count ticks up slightly in Texas, nation

Drilling activity picked up slightly this week in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale and in Oklahoma while the nation’s overall rig count stayed relatively flat. The number of rigs drilling for crude ...
KSBY

State and local representatives speak out against offshore oil drilling proposal

The 2026-2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas leasing program includes a proposal for six offshore oil leases ...

US oil, gas rig count slows despite record output, EIA says

U.S. oil and natural gas drilling activity has continued to decline even as production reaches record highs, the U.S. Energy ...
DatacenterDynamics

Edge data center firm Armada launches Beacon pod for oil rig deployments

So far in 2025, Armada has deployed its Edge containerized data centers with Tampnet for offshore oil rigs, the US Navy in ...
Longview News-Journal

Rig count slips below 900 for first time since 2017

The number of U.S. rigs drilling for oil and natural gas slipped to fewer than 900 in the past week for the first time since 2017 as activity continues to slow across the oil patch. Oil prices ...

Shale rigs idle, layoffs rise as US$60 oil tests resilience of Permian

At the heart of the U.S. shale industry in Texas, oil production is climbing. But you wouldn’t know that if you talked to ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

U.S. rig count gains 7 active rigs

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week rose by seven to 1,024. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 712 rigs sought natural gas and 303 ...