Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry At 439, US rotary rig count is up by 7 Kristen Nelson Petroleum News The Baker Hughes U.S. rotary drilling rig count, 439 on April 16, was up by seven from 432 the previous week and down 90 from a count of 529 a year ago. When the count bottomed out at 244 in mid-August last year, it was not just the low for 2020, but the lowest the count has been since the Houston.... [additional news subjects in this story] Alaska unchanged from previous week You must be logged in to view this story. Please either log in or subscribe.