US natgas rig count fell by 2 to 130, Baker Hughes says
04/09/2026 18:14
US natgas rig count fell by 2 to 130, Baker Hughes says Sept 4 (Reuters) - The number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the United States fell by 2 this week to 130, data from oil services firm Baker Hughes showed on Friday.
Horizontal rigs - the type most often used to extract oil or gas from shale - was unchanged at 535.
Oil rigs rose by 2 to 449.
(Reporting by Sumit Saha and Anjana Anil in Bengaluru)
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