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U.S. Oil Rig Count Falls by 5 as Gas Rigs Rise

Oilprice.com Trade press Published 28th August 2026 Global

What the source reported

Source-reported

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States stayed the same this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, with the total rig count in the US staying at 588, up 52 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs fell by 5, sinking to 447 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 35 above this same time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 5 to 132, which is 13 more than this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs stayed the same at 9. The latest EIA…

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Oilprice.com · Trade Publication
Published
28th August 2026
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oilprice.com

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Commodities & Input Costs
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Global
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28th August 2026 · 18:39

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (17.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (33.0/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

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Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Impact-Scale Specificity
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