Number of active U.S. drilling rigs down this week

HOUSTON, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of active drilling rigs in the United States fell to 695 this week, down by one from the previous week and by 38 from this time last year, according to the weekly data released Friday by Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes.

The active drilling rigs included 556 oil rigs operating in U.S. oil fields, up by one from the previous week; 135 gas rigs, down by two from last week; and four miscellaneous rigs, the same as last week.