US drillers add oil and gas rigs for second week in a row

Canada drillers drop 22 from last week to 141 rigs

Pumped up: the rise in oil prices - including West Texas Intermediate crude - has seen renewed activity in the US shale sector after a particularly dire 2020 due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pumped up: the rise in oil prices - including West Texas Intermediate crude - has seen renewed activity in the US shale sector after a particularly dire 2020 due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.Photo: RYTIS DAUKANTAS/UPSTREAM
Published 5 March 2021, 21:46Updated 5 March 2021, 21:47