US drillers add oil rigs for first time in 14 weeks: Baker Hughes

08/08/2025 Argaam Exclusive

US drillers added oil rigs for the first time in 14 weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday, Aug. 8.

The oil rig count increased by one week-on-week to 411.

However, natural gas rigs decreased by one to 123.

Oil and gas exploration platforms - USA

Item	Year Before	Last Week	Current	Weekly Change	Yearly Change
No. of Rig Count	485	410	411	1+	(74)
Gas	97	124	123	(1)	26
Oil & Gas	582	534	534	0	(48)

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6 Months
Year
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All

Commodities

Name

Price

Change (value)

Change (%)

Brent Crude Oil

61.51

(0.90)

(1.44 %)

Nymex

58.27

0.05

0.09 %

Natural Gas

2.95

(0.08)

(2.64 %)

Gold

4,277.53

70.73

1.68 %

Silver

53.71

1.01

1.92 %

High Grade Copper

4.48

(0.01)

(0.30 %)

Iron Ore

102.03

(0.38)

(0.37 %)

Aluminum

2,545.75

(8.00)

(0.31 %)

LEAD

1,966.50

(17.50)

(0.88 %)

Zinc

2,966.00

28.50

0.97 %

Steel

825.00

0.00

0.00 %

Wheat (CBOT)

501.25

2.40

0.48 %

Corn (CBOT)

422.50

5.40

1.30 %

Coffee (ICEUS)

393.60

(1.85)

(0.48 %)

Whole Milk Powder

4,350.00

(312.50)

(7.18 %)

Skim Milk Powder

2,550.00

(75.00)

(2.94 %)

Refining margins

9.42

(0.78)

(7.65 %)

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LPG (mt) ($)

Fujairah Fuel Pric (mt) ($)

VLCC "TC/1Year" ($)

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