Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count: Release Dates, Results & History
Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count last printed 447 on Fri, Aug 28, 2026 against a 452 prior. The next release is Friday, September 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
The Friday rig count is the standard proxy for US drilling activity and the supply response to price. Rigs follow crude with a lag of months, so the count is how the market checks whether producers are chasing a rally or holding the line on capital discipline. Falling counts with firm prices set up tighter forward balances.
The trend, at a glance
How it moves Treasuries
No direct rates read: it shapes the medium-term supply picture behind energy inflation expectations. Slow-moving by construction, it almost never moves Treasuries on release. See it scored live on the Helious desk, or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
Recent prints, as captured by the desk
| DATE | ACTUAL | FORECAST | PRIOR | SURPRISE (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447 | — | 452 | — | BELOW PRIOR | |
| 452 | 456 | 455 | -0.80 | BELOW FORECAST | |
| 455 | — | 454 | +0.20 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 454 | 452 | 451 | +0.40 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 451 | — | 450 | — | ABOVE PRIOR | |
| 450 | — | 452 | — | BELOW PRIOR |
The 6 most recent prints from the desk's live capture (began July 2026), a sample. Every row links the print page published the moment the number landed; the full graded history is served by the API.
Weekly, every Friday · 1:00 PM ET · download a sample (CSV, recent rows), free to cite with a link to this page. The full history comes through the Helious API and MCP at api.helious.io/mcp, with depth set by plan.