Oil stays above $60/barrel but Wyoming rig count flat, down 4,100 jobs compared with 2020 By Brendan LaChance on May 10, 2021 (Shutterstock) CASPER, Wyo. — While the price of oil stayed above $60 per barrel and the price of natural gas increased in April, Wyoming’s rig count has remained flat for the past few months, according to the Wyoming Insight: April 2021 released by the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division on Monday. There were 7,500 oil and gas jobs in Wyoming in March, which is 4,100 less than there were in March 2020, according to the report. There were six active oil rigs in April and one conventional gas rig, according to the report.