The total supply of offshore oil and gas rigs worldwide was 694 in the week of September 13, 2024. Meanwhile, the amount of marketed and contracted offshore rigs was 557. Accordingly, the utilization rate of marketed offshore rigs was 90.6 percent that month. This was roughly the same in comparison with the previous month. South America has the greatest offshore rig utilization rate of any region.
Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs worldwide from September 2021 to September 2024, by contract type
Marketed contracted reflects all marketed rigs that have a contract in place. This does not reflect the number of rigs actually working at any given time as some contracted rigs may be moving between locations, undergoing maintenance, waiting on weather, etc.
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IHS Markit. (September 16, 2024). Monthly number of offshore oil and gas rigs worldwide from September 2021 to September 2024, by contract type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/918404/offshore-oil-rig-global-count-by-contract-type/
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