據5月16日MENAFN消息：，總部位于休斯頓的油田服務公司貝克休斯發布的每周數據顯示，美國運營的鉆井平臺數量在本周增加了5個，達到453個，每年增加114個。

　　這些正在運行的鉆井平臺包括在美國油田運行的352個，較前一周增加8個；天然氣鉆機100個，較前一周下降3個；和其他鉆機1個，較上周減少1個。

　　453個鉆機包括437個陸地鉆機，比上周增加3個；1個內陸鉆井平臺，上周未受影響；還有15個海上鉆井平臺，比上周增加2個。

　　其中，水平鉆機410個，垂直鉆機15個，定向鉆機28個。

　　馮娟 摘譯自 MENAFN

　　原文如下：

　　Rise seen in number of operating U.S. drilling rigs this week

　　May 14 the weekly figures issued by Houston-based oilfield services firm Baker Hughes showed that the number of operating drilling rigs in the United States climbed five to 453 rigs in the present week, a rise by 114 annually.

　　These operating drilling rigs comprised 352 oil rigs functioning in the U.S. oil fields, a rise by eight from the prior week; 100 gas drilling rigs, a drop by three from the prior week; and one miscellaneous rigs, a decrease by one from the past week.

　　The 453 rigs comprised 437 land drilling rigs, a rise by three from the past week; one inland water rig, unaffected from the past week; and 15 offshore drilling rigs, a rise by two from the past week.

　　Amongst them, 410 are horizontal drilling rigs, 15 are vertical drilling rigs and 28 are directional drilling rigs.