The US drilling rig count is down 9 units to 1,038 rigs working for the week ended Mar. 1, according to Baker Hughes data. The count is up 57 units from the 981 rigs working this time a year ago. Week-over-week, 11 fewer rigs were drilling on land, bringing that count 1,015. Three additional rigs were counted offshore, bringing the total number of units drilling to 22. Inland waters dropped a single unit, leaving 1 rig working for the week.

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