Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil was up 2 at 751 this week. The number of U.S. oil rigs has now climbed for three weeks in a row. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes oil and natural-gas rigs, added 2 to 931, according to Baker Hughes. January West Texas Intermediate crude was up 57 cents, or 1%, from Thursday, to $57.26 a barrel–little changed from shortly before the rig data.
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