With oil prices rising above $ 45 a barrel since late November, US energy companies last week increased the number of active oil rigs in the country for the fourth week in a row, according to Reuters.
Baker Hughes Oil Services Company announced that the number of active oil and gas rigs as the initial index of future production, in the week ending December 18, increased by 8 and reached 346 rigs, which is the highest number since May.
In the same period last year, the number of active rigs was 467 rigs.
The number of active rigs has increased since August, according to Baker Hughes. At that time, the number of low recesses was 244 masts.
The number of oil rigs has increased by 5 rigs to 263 rigs, which is the highest number since May, while the number of gas rigs has increased by 2 rigs to 81 rigs./Fars