Canada dropped 35 rigs for the week, according to Baker Hughes data. With 199 rigs running, the count is 8 fewer than the 207 units drilling this week a year ago.

oilfield service companies are often the first hit as their oil producer customers look to delay or defer spending. Precision Drilling , Canada's largest drilling rig operator, saw a ...

In Canada, 177 rigs were drilling for oil, up 3 from last week. The number of gas-directed rigs also increased, up 1 from last week to 71. In the US, the rig count ticked up a single unit ...

Canada’s total rig count of 244 is made up of 174 oil rigs and 70 gas rigs, Baker Hughes pointed out. The country’s gas rig count dropped by one week on week and its oil and miscellaneous rig ...