The United States added one natural gas rig to grow its tally to 91 for the week ending Friday (Feb. 19), while the departure of one oil-directed unit left the overall domestic tally unchanged, according to the latest data from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR).

rig count Feb 19

The combined U.S. rig count ended the period at 397, which is 394 units shy of the 791 rigs active in the year-ago period, according to the BKR numbers, which are based partly on data from Enverus.

Land drilling increased by one unit, while the Gulf of Mexico dropped one rig to fall to 16, versus 22 a year ago. Directional units decreased by two, while one horizontal rig and one vertical rig were added during the week.

The Canadian rig count contracted four units to 172, including a decline of three gas-directed units along with...