561
2025 (latest)
ROTARY RIG COUNT
rigs · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
2,017
1949
3,970
high · 1981
433
low · 2020
−72%
since 1949
┊ 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
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=OGNRPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
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 | — |
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