As WTI prices fall below $100, the number of U.S. oil rigs does not change

According to numbers issued by Baker Hughes on Friday, the total number of active drilling rigs in the United States rose by two this week.

This week, there were 758 operational drilling rigs, 267 more than at the same time in 2021.

This week, there were 599 active oil rigs in the United States. To 155, the number of gas wells increased by 2. At 4, the number of diverse rigs remained steady.

This week, there were 349 rigs in the Permian Basin, one less than last week. The number of rigs in Eagle Ford increased by one to seventy. There are 107 more oil and gas rigs in the Permian than there were at this time last year.

Frac Spread Count, a measure of the number of crews completing unfinished wells — a more efficient use of resources than drilling new wells — declined to 279 for the week ending July 15 from 244 during the same week one year prior.

During the week ending July 15, the United States produced 11.9 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, down 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) from the previous week.

As of 10:00 a.m. EDT, oil prices were trending up on the day, but somewhat lower for the week, as recession fears continued to outweigh the Russia factor. WTI was trading at $96.53, which was an increase of $0.18 per barrel (+0.19 percent) on the day but a decrease of little more than $1 per barrel week-over-week. The Brent benchmark traded at $104.50 a barrel, a daily increase of $0.65 (+0.63 percent) and a weekly increase of approximately $3.

At 1:06 p.m. ET, WTI was trading at $96.70 per barrel and Brent was trading at $104.80 per barrel; both were up on the day.