By Julianne Geiger - Aug 14, 2026, 12:07 PM CDT
The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, with the total rig count in the US rising to 593, up 54 from this same time last year.The number of active oil rigs rose by 1, reaching 455 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 43 above this same time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 4 to 128, which is 6 more than this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs stayed at 10.The latest EIA data showed that weekly U.S. crude oil production rebounded slightly during the week ending August 7. US crude oil production averaged 13.805 million bpd during the reporting period, up from 13.804 million bpd last week and up 521,000 bpd from a year ago.Primary Vision’s Frac Spread Count, an estimate of the number of crews completing wells, rose by 2 in the week ending August 7, to 196 crews, after losing 4 in the week prior.The number of active drilling rigs in the Permian Basin rose by 2 in the reporting period, hitting 265. This is 10 rigs above year-ago levels. The count in the Eagle Ford stayed the same at 49, which is 10 more than this same time last year. Oil prices were up on Friday with Brent now trading at $87.94 (+1.00%) per barrel. This is up more than $4 per barrel from this time last week. WTI was also trading up on the day at $81.81 (+0.69%). By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.comMore Top Reads From Oilprice.comKazakhstan Accuses Big Oil of $10.7 Billion Corruption in Kashagan Oil ProjectHormuz Crisis Pushes Asian Refiners Toward U.S. OilIndia's Coal Demand Set to Hit 1.6 Billion Tons by 2030
