Baker Hughes April Worldwide Rig Count Declines - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) announced Friday that the worldwide rig count for April 2016 was 1,424, down 844 from last year's 2,268, and down 127 sequentially.

The international rig count for April 2016 was 946, down 256 from the 1,202 counted in April 2015, and down 39 sequentially.

The international offshore rig count for April 2016 was 220, down 80 from last year's 300, but 9 higher sequentially.

The average U.S. rig count for April 2016 was 437, down 539 from the 976 counted in April 2015, and down 41 from the previous month of March. The average Canadian rig count for April 2016 was 41, down 49 from April 2015.