The weekly Baker Hughes rig count data shows: • Oil rigs vs 511 vs 506 last week • Natural Gas rigs 106 vs 109 last week • Total rigs 619 vs 617 last week. Crude oil is trading up $0.31 at $82.41. (full story)

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, for an increase of 2. The total rig count fell by 2 to 619 this week, compared to 753 rigs this same time last year. The number of oil rigs rose by 5 this week. Oil rigs now stand at 511--down by 80 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 3 this week to 106, a loss of 53 active gas rigs from this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs stayed the same at 2. Meanwhile, U.S. crude oil production stayed the same for the sixth week in a row at an ... (full story)