Rotary rig count — U.S. Stats
U.S. STATS
ROTARY RIG COUNT
All years
1,063 2,126 3,190 4,253 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Oil shock & inflation peak (1979) ’79 Black Monday crash (1987) ’87 Gulf War recession (1991) ’91 Dot-com bust & 9/11 (2001) ’01 Global financial crisis (2008) ’08 COVID-19 pandemic (2020) ’20
1,063 2,126 3,190 4,253 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Oil shock & inflation peak (1979) ’79 Black Monday crash (1987) ’87 Gulf War recession (1991) ’91 Dot-com bust & 9/11 (2001) ’01 Global financial crisis (2008) ’08 COVID-19 pandemic (2020) ’20
509 1,019 1,528 2,038 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Dot-com bust & 9/11 (2001) ’01 Global financial crisis (2008) ’08 COVID-19 pandemic (2020) ’20
270 540 810 1,080 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 COVID-19 pandemic (2020) ’20
186 371 557 743 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
151 301 452 602 Jan 2024 Apr 2024 Jul 2024 Oct 2024 Jan 2025 ┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN OGNRPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Number of Rigs. Converted only by the declared unit scale. none known; EIA republishes Baker Hughes rig counts, the measurement origin. Breaks: none known; EIA republishes Baker Hughes rig counts, the measurement origin.
Sources
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Data
Year Rotary rig count Change
2025 561 −6% 2024 599 −13% 2023 687 −5% 2022 723 +51% 2021 478 +10% 2020 433 −54% 2019 943 −9% 2018 1,032 +18% 2017 876 +72% 2016 509 −47% 2015 962 −48% 2014 1,861 +6% 2013 1,761 −8% 2012 1,919 +2% 2011 1,879 +22% 2010 1,546 +42% 2009 1,090 −42% 2008 1,879 +6% 2007 1,768 +7% 2006 1,649 +19% 2005 1,383 +16% 2004 1,192 +16% 2003 1,032 +24% 2002 830 −28% 2001 1,156 +26% 2000 918 +47% 1999 625 −24% 1998 827 −12% 1997 943 +21% 1996 779 +8% 1995 723 −7% 1994 775 +3% 1993 754 +5% 1992 721 −16% 1991 860 −15% 1990 1,010 +16% 1989 869 −7% 1988 936 +0% 1987 936 −3% 1986 964 −51% 1985 1,980 −18% 1984 2,428 +9% 1983 2,232 −28% 1982 3,105 −22% 1981 3,970 +36% 1980 2,909 +34% 1979 2,177 −4% 1978 2,259 +13% 1977 2,001 +21% 1976 1,658 −0% 1975 1,660 +13% 1974 1,472 +23% 1973 1,194 +8% 1972 1,107 +13% 1971 976 −5% 1970 1,028 −14% 1969 1,194 +2% 1968 1,169 +3% 1967 1,135 −11% 1966 1,272 −8% 1965 1,388 −8% 1964 1,501 +0% 1963 1,499 −9% 1962 1,641 −7% 1961 1,761 +1% 1960 1,748 −16% 1959 2,071 +8% 1958 1,922 −21% 1957 2,426 −7% 1956 2,620 −2% 1955 2,686 +7% 1954 2,508 −4% 1953 2,613 −1% 1952 2,641 +4% 1951 2,543 +18% 1950 2,154 +7% 1949 2,017 —
