Baker Hughes, the oil services company, announced today that the number of crude drilling rigs and platforms fell in America this week by about eight platforms to a total of 825 platforms.
The number of natural gas rigs has also dropped to 187 this week, while total oil and gas rigs in the United States dropped 10 to 1012, compared to 1013 in the same period a year earlier.
The data released today instead of tomorrow as a result of the closure of Wall Street and a number of international markets to celebrate the "Good Friday" holiday.