The U.S. natural gas rig count fell four units to 153 during the week ended Friday (July 1), offsetting a one-rig increase in the oil patch to drop the overall domestic tally three units to 750, the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR) show.

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The 750 active U.S. rigs as of Friday compares with 475 rigs running in the year-earlier period, according to the BKR numbers, which are partly based on data from Enverus.

Land drilling declined by four units in the United States week/week, while the Gulf of Mexico added one rig to raise its total to 16. Declines of three horizontal rigs and two vertical rigs were partially offset by a two-rig increase in directional drilling, the BKR data show.

In Canada, seven natural gas-directed rigs and five oil-directed rigs were added. That...