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The combined oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by 10 to 566 in the week to May 23. That 10-rig reduction was the biggest weekly decline in total rigs since September 2023. It was also the first time since September 2024 that drillers reduced the number of rigs operating for four weeks in a row..
Oil rigs fell by eight to 465 this week, their lowest since November 2021. Gas rigs fell by two to 98, their lowest since last month.
In the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, drillers cut four rigs, bringing the total down to 42, the lowest since December 2021.
In the Permian Basin in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, the nation's biggest oil-producing shale formation, drillers cut three rigs, bringing the total down to 279, the lowest since November 2021.
New Mexico, drillers cut two rigs, down to 92, North Dakota, drillers cut two rigs, down to 30, in Texas, drillers cut five rigs, down to 266, and Oklahoma lost 2 rigs, down to 53 rigs.
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