Energy Voice Insights: How the Baker Hughes rig count has continued to fall

This infographic shows the how the Baker Hughes rig count – which reached a peak in October 2014 – has dramatically dropped since the oil price decline.

At the beginning of the month, the most recent figures from Baker Hughes rig count showed there had been a continued drop.

The combined count fell by 7 to 868, which is the lowest level since January 24, 2003.

Scroll over the graphic to see how the numbers have varied over the past five years.