Rig Count API
Baker Hughes US, Canada, and International rig counts delivered as structured JSON. By basin, state, and commodity type. Updated weekly — no more downloading PDFs every Friday.
The problem with Baker Hughes rig count data today
- ✗Baker Hughes publishes as an Excel/PDF every Friday afternoon
- ✗Manual download breaks automated pipelines
- ✗Schema changes break your parser without warning
- ✓OilPriceAPI parses it automatically every week
- ✓Clean JSON response — no parsing required
- ✓Consistent schema and historical archive
Complete rig count coverage
US Rig Count
Weekly Baker Hughes US total rig count by state, basin, commodity (oil/gas/misc), and drilling type (horizontal/vertical/directional).
Canada Rig Count
Weekly Canadian rig counts by province and commodity type. Critical for WCSB production monitoring and pipeline flow analysis.
International Rig Count
Monthly Baker Hughes International data by country and region. Track OPEC+ drilling activity alongside production policy.
Basin-Level Data
Permian, Eagle Ford, Bakken, DJ Basin, Marcellus, Appalachia, Haynesville, and more. Spot basin-level activity shifts early.
5+ Year History
Complete historical archive for trend analysis and supply modeling. See rig cycles through price downturns and recoveries.
DUC Wells & Frac Spreads
Drilled but uncompleted wells and active frac spread data alongside rig counts — the complete drilling activity picture.
Rig count data in one API call
No PDF download, no spreadsheet parsing — just clean JSON
# Get latest US rig count by basin
curl "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/rig-counts/us?breakdown=basin" \
-H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY"
{
"status": "success",
"week_ending": "2026-03-28",
"total_us_rigs": 588,
"data": [
{ "basin": "Permian", "rigs": 311, "oil": 298, "gas": 13 },
{ "basin": "Eagle Ford", "rigs": 53, "oil": 48, "gas": 5 },
{ "basin": "DJ-Niobrara", "rigs": 19, "oil": 17, "gas": 2 },
{ "basin": "Haynesville", "rigs": 42, "oil": 0, "gas": 42 },
{ "basin": "Marcellus", "rigs": 26, "oil": 0, "gas": 26 }
],
"yoy_change": -12,
"wow_change": +2
}Who uses the Rig Count API
Energy Analysts
Automate weekly rig count data ingestion into supply models. Correlate rig activity with production lag for forecasting.
Oilfield Services Sales
Monitor rig count trends by basin to focus sales effort where drilling activity is growing. Get alerts on basin-level movements.
Commodity Traders
Track drilling momentum as a leading indicator for supply. Rig count trend reversals often precede price moves by 3-6 months.
Energy Software & Dashboards
Embed live rig count data in customer-facing apps and dashboards. Weekly updates, clean JSON, no manual data entry.
Simple, transparent pricing
Rig count data is included in all paid plans. Start with the free tier to test.
Scout
- ✓ US rig counts (Baker Hughes)
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Operator
- ✓ US + International rig counts
- ✓ All 27 state well permits
- ✓ DUC wells + frac spreads + FracFocus
- ✓ Operator profiles + bulk export
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- ✓ Everything in Operator
- ✓ Real-time webhooks
- ✓ Unlimited operator profiles
- ✓ Formation analytics + Slack
Baker Hughes rig counts as JSON — finally
Stop downloading PDFs every Friday. Get US, Canada, and International rig count data via REST API with complete historical archive.
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