With crude soaring despite DOE showing inventories surging, production up fgor the 7th week in a row, and demand plummeting, Baker Hughes oil rig count dropped 5 more to 510 this week - the lowest since April 2010 (after a de minimus 1 rig drop last week). Crude had ripped higher into this print but was thoroughly unimpressed in its unchangedness.
- *U.S. TOTAL RIG COUNT DOWN 13 TO 637 , BAKER HUGHES SAYS
- *U.S. OIL RIG COUNT DOWN 5 TO 510 , BAKER HUGHES SAYS
The lagged crude price suggests rig count declines are about to accelerate...
- *OIL RIGS IN PERMIAN FELL BY 3 TO 195, BAKER HUGHES SAYS
- *OIL RIGS IN WILLISTON FELL BY 2 TO 45, BAKER HUGHES SAYS
Charts: Bloomberg