Baker Hughes said its rig count for March was down 94 from the same time last year.
The company published its international rig count for the third month of 2015.
It said rig count was 1,251 down 24 from the 1,275 counted in February.
Meanwhile the international rig count for March 2015 was 316, down 8 from the 324 counted in February and down 18 from the 334 counted in March last year.
The average US rig count for March 2015 was 1,110 down 238 from the 1,348 counted in February and down 693 from the 1,803 counted in March 2014.
The average rig count for March 2014 was 2,557, down 429 from the 2,986 counted in February 2015, and down 1,040 from the 3,597 counted in March 2014.
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