CALGARY, Alberta (July 10, 2015) – RigER presents Canadian Weekly Drilling Rigs Activity Report.

Canadian Rig Count is up 30 rigs from last week to 169, with oil rigs up 19 to 91, and gas rigs up 11 to 78.

Canadian Land Rigs as of July 17, 2015:
Alberta – 109
British Columbia – 16
Manitoba – 4
Saskatchewan – 36

Canadian Rig Count is down 146 rigs from last year at 315, with oil rigs down 87, and gas rigs down 59.

Oil / Gas split is 54% / 46%.

RigER has issued weekly Canadian Drilling Rigs Activity Reports as an information service to the oilfield rental industry since 2015.

The Drilling Rigs Activity Reports are an important business barometer for the drilling industry and its suppliers. When drilling rigs are active, they consume products and services produced by the oil service industry. The active rig count acts as a leading indicator of demand for products used in drilling, completing, producing and processing hydrocarbons.

Industries usually measure economic impact by approximating a dollar value to represent their purchasing power. The oil and gas industry measures economic impact by counting active rigs. A drilling rig requires many oilfield support services to drill a well. And after the well is complete, other oilfield services go to work to bring the well into production and to maintain it. Rig utilization is the percentage of active rigs. In Canada, rig utilization has a distinct annual cycle.