Oil driller Baker Hughes said on Wednesday that the international rig count for September 2015 rose to 1,140 from 1,137 in August 2015.
The average U.S. rig number for September 2015 declined to 848 in September 2015 from the 883 in August 2015.
The worldwide rig count for September 2015 decreased to 2,171 from the 2,226 in August 2015.