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|U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Rotary Rigs in Operation  (Number of Elements)
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|U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Rotary Rigs in Operation  (Number of Elements)
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|Year                                                                                                                              | Jan   | Feb   | Mar   | Apr   | May   | Jun   | Jul   | Aug   | Sep   | Oct   | Nov   | Dec  
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|1973                                                                                                                              | 1,219 | 1,126 | 1,049 | 993   | 1,046 | 1,118 | 1,156 | 1,222 | 1,266 | 1,334 | 1,390 | 1,405
|1974                                                                                                                              | 1,372 | 1,355 | 1,367 | 1,381 | 1,413 | 1,432 | 1,480 | 1,518 | 1,527 | 1,584 | 1,596 | 1,643
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|1975                                                                                                                              | 1,615 | 1,611 | 1,651 | 1,605 | 1,592 | 1,613 | 1,617 | 1,645 | 1,699 | 1,716 | 1,757 | 1,793
|1976                                                                                                                              | 1,711 | 1,594 | 1,540 | 1,480 | 1,496 | 1,546 | 1,597 | 1,691 | 1,744 | 1,794 | 1,840 | 1,861
|1977                                                                                                                              | 1,850 | 1,856 | 1,887 | 1,907 | 1,982 | 2,008 | 2,023 | 2,066 | 2,084 | 2,101 | 2,113 | 2,141
|1978                                                                                                                              | 2,128 | 2,135 | 2,159 | 2,198 | 2,249 | 2,287 | 2,307 | 2,325 | 2,332 | 2,346 | 2,356 | 2,286
|1979                                                                                                                              | 2,199 | 2,064 | 1,971 | 1,943 | 1,960 | 1,999 | 2,094 | 2,222 | 2,284 | 2,380 | 2,460 | 2,552
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|1980                                                                                                                              | 2,571 | 2,613 | 2,658 | 2,683 | 2,797 | 2,850 | 2,953 | 3,045 | 3,099 | 3,149 | 3,220 | 3,286
|1981                                                                                                                              | 3,386 | 3,502 | 3,595 | 3,728 | 3,817 | 3,926 | 3,998 | 4,131 | 4,242 | 4,352 | 4,436 | 4,521
|1982                                                                                                                              | 4,436 | 4,160 | 3,816 | 3,460 | 3,178 | 2,908 | 2,746 | 2,620 | 4,283 | 2,402 | 2,500 | 2,696
|1983                                                                                                                              | 2,622 | 2,192 | 2,003 | 1,846 | 1,926 | 1,979 | 2,039 | 2,156 | 2,252 | 2,382 | 2,572 | 2,780
|1984                                                                                                                              | 2,666 | 2,423 | 2,245 | 2,120 | 2,277 | 2,363 | 2,386 | 2,417 | 2,420 | 2,492 | 2,629 | 2,713
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|1985                                                                                                                              | 2,452 | 2,188 | 1,955 | 1,877 | 1,865 | 1,856 | 1,909 | 1,931 | 1,930 | 1,879 | 1,912 | 1,950
|1986                                                                                                                              | 1,810 | 1,444 | 1,139 | 906   | 781   | 705   | 686   | 730   | 755   | 819   | 899   | 963  
|1987                                                                                                                              | 900   | 818   | 772   | 754   | 763   | 788   | 901   | 1,003 | 1,101 | 1,124 | 1,152 | 1,162
|1988                                                                                                                              | 1,076 | 976   | 951   | 917   | 891   | 897   | 912   | 930   | 927   | 923   | 918   | 924  
|1989                                                                                                                              | 841   | 762   | 753   | 771   | 754   | 795   | 832   | 886   | 955   | 984   | 1,041 | 1,065
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|1990                                                                                                                              | 998   | 911   | 905   | 935   | 961   | 999   | 1,010 | 987   | 1,042 | 1,073 | 1,137 | 1,136
|1991                                                                                                                              | 1,068 | 984   | 929   | 865   | 819   | 867   | 844   | 803   | 775   | 795   | 808   | 796  
|1992                                                                                                                              | 710   | 669   | 648   | 642   | 638   | 621   | 676   | 686   | 717   | 803   | 882   | 926  
|1993                                                                                                                              | 824   | 684   | 611   | 612   | 637   | 695   | 741   | 797   | 848   | 860   | 868   | 857  
|1994                                                                                                                              | 789   | 754   | 735   | 723   | 716   | 756   | 771   | 766   | 809   | 822   | 835   | 816  
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|1995                                                                                                                              | 748   | 713   | 665   | 678   | 679   | 674   | 723   | 745   | 765   | 761   | 772   | 763  
|1996                                                                                                                              | 709   | 700   | 714   | 741   | 764   | 774   | 784   | 811   | 811   | 836   | 848   | 852  
|1997                                                                                                                              | 822   | 849   | 897   | 901   | 924   | 976   | 969   | 993   | 1,009 | 996   | 983   | 1,013
|1998                                                                                                                              | 993   | 974   | 932   | 886   | 855   | 854   | 816   | 792   | 774   | 734   | 688   | 647  
|1999                                                                                                                              | 587   | 542   | 526   | 496   | 516   | 558   | 588   | 639   | 696   | 741   | 782   | 798  
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|2000                                                                                                                              | 775   | 763   | 773   | 805   | 844   | 878   | 942   | 987   | 1,011 | 1,055 | 1,067 | 1,097
|2001                                                                                                                              | 1,118 | 1,136 | 1,163 | 1,206 | 1,234 | 1,270 | 1,278 | 1,252 | 1,193 | 1,111 | 1,000 | 901  
|2002                                                                                                                              | 867   | 825   | 763   | 750   | 826   | 842   | 851   | 848   | 860   | 851   | 834   | 856  
|2003                                                                                                                              | 854   | 907   | 941   | 983   | 1,034 | 1,067 | 1,081 | 1,090 | 1,093 | 1,102 | 1,111 | 1,114
|2004                                                                                                                              | 1,101 | 1,119 | 1,135 | 1,151 | 1,164 | 1,176 | 1,213 | 1,234 | 1,240 | 1,240 | 1,262 | 1,246
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|2005                                                                                                                              | 1,255 | 1,276 | 1,306 | 1,334 | 1,320 | 1,355 | 1,398 | 1,436 | 1,452 | 1,479 | 1,486 | 1,470
|2006                                                                                                                              | 1,473 | 1,533 | 1,551 | 1,597 | 1,635 | 1,665 | 1,681 | 1,738 | 1,739 | 1,734 | 1,706 | 1,718
|2007                                                                                                                              | 1,714 | 1,736 | 1,749 | 1,750 | 1,748 | 1,771 | 1,777 | 1,804 | 1,783 | 1,762 | 1,798 | 1,811
|2008                                                                                                                              | 1,749 | 1,765 | 1,797 | 1,829 | 1,863 | 1,902 | 1,932 | 1,987 | 2,014 | 1,976 | 1,935 | 1,782
|2009                                                                                                                              | 1,553 | 1,320 | 1,105 | 995   | 918   | 895   | 931   | 980   | 1,009 | 1,044 | 1,107 | 1,172
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|2010                                                                                                                              | 1,267 | 1,350 | 1,419 | 1,479 | 1,513 | 1,531 | 1,573 | 1,638 | 1,655 | 1,668 | 1,683 | 1,711
|2011                                                                                                                              | 1,711 | 1,718 | 1,720 | 1,790 | 1,836 | 1,863 | 1,900 | 1,957 | 1,978 | 2,017 | 2,011 | 2,003
|2012                                                                                                                              | 2,003 | 1,990 | 1,979 | 1,962 | 1,977 | 1,972 | 1,944 | 1,913 | 1,859 | 1,834 | 1,809 | 1,784
|2013                                                                                                                              | 1,756 | 1,762 | 1,756 | 1,755 | 1,767 | 1,761 | 1,766 | 1,781 | 1,760 | 1,744 | 1,756 | 1,771
|2014                                                                                                                              | 1,769 | 1,769 | 1,803 | 1,835 | 1,859 | 1,861 | 1,876 | 1,904 | 1,930 | 1,925 | 1,925 | 1,868
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|2015                                                                                                                              | 1,651 | 1,348 | 1,109 | 976   | 889   | 861   | 866   | 883   | 848   | 791   | 760   | 711  
|2016                                                                                                                              | 643   | 532   | 477   | 437   | 407   | 417   | 449   | 481   | 509   | 543   | 580   | 634  
|2017                                                                                                                              | 683   | 744   | 789   | 853   | 893   | 931   | 953   | 947   | 940   | 922   | 911   | 930  
|2018                                                                                                                              | 937   | 969   | 989   | 1,011 | 1,046 | 1,056 | 1,050 | 1,050 | 1,053 | 1,063 | 1,077 | 1,077
|2019                                                                                                                              | 1,065 | 1,048 | 1,023 | 1,013 | 986   | 970   | 955   | 926   | 878   | 848   | 810   | 804  
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|2020                                                                                                                              | 791   | 790   | 771   | 565   | 348   | 274   | 255   | 250   | 257   | 280   | 311   | 341  
|2021                                                                                                                              | 374   | 397   | 408   | 436   | 453   | 464   | 483   | 501   | 508   | 538   | 560   | 579  
|2022                                                                                                                              | 601   | 636   | 662   | 690   | 719   | 738   | 757   | 764   | 762   | 768   | 779   | 780  
|2023                                                                                                                              | 772   | 758   | 752   | 752   | 728   | 687   | 672   | 647   | 631   | 623   | 619   | 623  
|2024                                                                                                                              | 620   | 622   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |      
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|Release Date: 3/29/2024                                                                                                          
|Next Release Date: 4/30/2024