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status: not_available
error: "Primary source (rigcount.bakerhughes.com) blocked by Cloudflare bot protection; automated access returns HTTP 403. All endpoints (/, /na-rig-count, /static-files/*) inaccessible."
date_searched: 2026-04-24T17:10:00Z
urls_tried:
  - https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/
  - https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/na-rig-count
source_institution: Baker Hughes Company
country: US
title: Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count
indicator: Crude Oil Rigs
period: Apr/24
referenceDate: 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z
releaseDate: 2026-04-24T17:00:00.000Z
note: "Confirmed via google search: only secondary aggregators (Finnhub, OilPriceAPI, Reuters, etc.) have published the figures (oil rigs 410, total rigs 543). Primary source domain remains unreachable for programmatic retrieval. Pattern matches MEMORY entry from 2026-04-17."
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