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U.S. rig count dives by another 98, crude oil prices up sharply

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Global Oil Rig count is falling at a steady pace Great for the price of oil bad for oil producers. Oil inventory will be going down but less money is being made. Small producers will be crushed. We just need to know who is shutting down rigs, any one have that answer ?

UWTI and UCO are looking really good.
Look at the portfolio

Area Last Count Count Change from Prior Count Date of Prior Count Change from Last Year Date of Last Year’s Count
U.S. 13 February 2015 1358 -98 6 February 2015 -406 13 February 2014
Canada 13 February 2015 382 +1 6 February 2015 -242 13 February 2014
International January 2015 1258 -55 December 2014 -67 January 2014

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HOUSTON – The number of active U.S. land rigs plunged by 98 this week in one of the biggest declines in the past three decades as fallen oil prices continued to pummel the industry’s drilling ambitions.

Eighty-four U.S. oil rigs were idled this week and 14 gas rigs stopped running, according to oil field services firm Baker Hughes. Two U.S. offshore rigs became active this week.

Baker Hughes’ 71-year-old U.S. rig count, one of the industry’s go-to indicators of future oil production and demand for rigs, was down by 406 drilling units compared to Feb. 13, 2014. The last time the rig count fell by 98 was in January, 2009 – the two declines are tied for the biggest drops since 1987.

The 84-unit decline in active U.S. oil-hunting rigs was the second-biggest drop in nearly three decades, just behind the 94-oil rig decline last month. Last week, 83 oil rigs were taken out of the game.