The number of oil rigs in the US were unchanged at 488 for the week ended Friday, according to data compiled by energy services company Baker Hughes (BKR). The tallies for gas and miscellaneous rigs fell by one each on a weekly basis to 96 and four,

Active rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. fell by 2 to 588, resuming the rig count's steady decline after recording the biggest increase in a year last week, Baker Hughes said in its latest weekly report.