A December To Remember – The Biggest US Drilling Gain In Three Decades

US land drillers sent 2016 packing with a bang.

Since May, the drilling recovery has looked exceptionally strong on a percentage basis. The December trend looked exceptionally strong on an absolute basis too with 65 US rigs returning to work.

December 2016 delivered the best absolute rig count increase of any December since 1982, and a rig today is worth at least two back then.

We’ve charted the cumulative weekly rig count change for the month of December for the past few years as well as the two next best Decembers since the turn of the century for context. See what it might mean for 1Q17 in the full article.

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