The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States slipped this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after a 1-rig increase in the week prior.

The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. fell for a second consecutive week, shedding 2 to 590, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest report. The decline reduces the total ...

March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week kept the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating unchanged, energy services firm Baker Hughes (BKR.O), opens new tab said in its closely ...

Oil futures climbed on Monday as prospects for strength in summer demand and a fifth consecutive drop in the number of active U.S. oil-drilling rigs helped lift prices to their highest settlement ...