Number of oil and gas rigs by world region July 2022

North America hosts the most oil and gas rigs worldwide. As of July 2022, there were 952 land rigs in that region, with a further 19 rigs located offshore. These numbers are higher than in the past year, as sanctions on Russian exports have slowly led to greater exploration activity in North America. The average number of global oil rigs has net declined since 2014. Offshore rigs and their utilizationOil platforms or rigs are structures that do any of the following: drill oil and gas wells, extract and process oil and gas, or store oil and gas for short periods of time. The various rig types include jackups, semi-submersibles, and drill ships. Offshore oil platforms also often house the crew that works on them. The greatest number of offshore rigs are found in the Asia Pacific region, although the offshore rig utilization rate tended to be lower than in other regions. In the last few months however, the Russia-Ukraine war has also led to greater utilization rate here and nearly 90 percent of the marketed rig fleet in Southeast Asia was contracted in August 2022.Switzerland based Transocean Ltd is the world's top offshore drilling contractor bases on revenue within the energy equipment and services sector.

北美地区拥有全球最多的油气钻探平台。截至2022年7月，该地区共有952个陆地钻探平台，另有19个平台位于近海。这一数字较往年有所增加，主要由于对俄罗斯出口的制裁逐渐导致北美地区勘探活动的增加。自2014年以来，全球油气钻探平台的平均数量呈净减少趋势。海上钻探平台及其利用率：海上油田或钻探平台是执行以下任一功能的结构：钻探油气井、提取和加工油气或短期储存油气。钻探平台类型包括自升式平台、半潜式平台和钻井船。海上石油平台通常也容纳在其上工作的员工。亚太地区拥有最多的海上钻探平台，尽管其利用率通常低于其他地区。然而，在过去的几个月中，俄罗斯与乌克兰的战争也导致此处利用率上升，并且在2022年8月，东南亚市场化的钻探平台中有近90%已被租用。瑞士的Transocean Ltd公司基于能源设备和服务行业的收入，是世界领先的海洋钻探承包商。