Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count last printed 462 on Fri, Oct 9, 2026 against a 456 prior. The next release is Friday, October 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
Friday's count is the standard read on US drilling and on how producers are responding to the price of crude. They respond slowly. Rigs lag crude by months, so the count is where the market checks whether anyone is chasing a rally or capital discipline is holding. A count that falls while prices stay firm points to a tighter forward balance.
Nothing in this trades rates directly. The count feeds the medium-term supply picture behind energy inflation expectations, and it moves slowly. Treasuries almost never react on the release. See it scored live on the Helious desk, or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
| DATE | ACTUAL | FORECAST | PRIOR | SURPRISE (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 462 | — | 456 | — | ABOVE PRIOR | |
| 456 | — | 455 | — | ABOVE PRIOR | |
| 455 | 453 | 452 | +0.40 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 452 | 451 | 450 | +0.20 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 450 | — | 449 | — | ABOVE PRIOR | |
| 449 | — | 447 | — | ABOVE PRIOR |
The 6 most recent prints from the desk's live capture, which began in July 2026, so what you see here is a sample rather than the whole record. Every row links the print page published the moment that number landed, and 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.
