Rig Count Dips Below 1,000 for First Time Since Sept. 2009
Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI), in its weekly release, says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined to 988 this week. This marked the first time the weekly count was below 1,000 since September 2009. Baker Hughes’s count put 760 rigs seeking oil and 225 were drilling for natural gas. Three were listed as