Saudi Arabia Has About 98 Onshore Drilling Rigs, Shoaibi Says
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Saudi Arabia has about 98 onshore rigs currently drilling for oil and natural gas, according to Shoaibi Group, a service company used by the kingdom’s state-run producer.
Shoaibi, based in Khobar in Saudi Arabia, published the figure today in an e-mailed statement while announcing a joint venture with U.K. rig engineering company Lamprell Plc. Shoaibi didn’t provide comparison figures for earlier dates and state-run Saudi Arabian Oil Co. doesn’t publish information on how many rigs it has in operation.