Oil and Gas Rotary Rig Counts:  The total number of operating rigs in Canada for the week ending February 26th was 92 oil and 71 gas (totaling 163). In percentage terms, on a month on month (m/m) basis, oil rigs were down 6.1% and gas down 6.6%. On a year on year (y/y) comparison, rigs were down 43.6% for oil and down 7.8% for gas. The combined figure for y/y was -32.1% or -77 rigs.

Figure 1 shows the Baker Hughes Rotary Rig Counts for oil and gas equipment in Canada from 2012 to present.

At Gerdau we monitor rig counts along with the price of oil and natural gas since it has a major impact on long product sales, including Special Bar Quality sucker rods for downhole pumping strings, to merchant and structural products for rigs and oilfield equipment.