US Oil Rig Count Rises For 16th Straight Week To 8-Month Highs

With crude having rolled over, back to pre-inventory-data levels, hovering around $50, Baker Hughes reports the US oil rig count rose 4 to 432 - the 16th weekly rise in a row to the highest in 8 months.

US Oil Rig count data has risen for 16 straight weeks... to the highest in 8 months.

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The rig count continues to track the lagged oil price very closely suggesting the trend of rising rig counts may be about to stop

And crude shrugs...

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