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status: not_available
error: "Primary source domain rigcount.bakerhughes.com returns 403 Cloudflare block for all automated agents (curl, browser-use). No direct document URL accessible."
date_searched: 2026-05-01T17:14:00Z
urls_tried:
  - https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/
  - https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/na-rig-count
  - https://www.bakerhughes.com/ (investor site, no rig count data)
sources_secondary:
  - https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/05/03/e-and-p/baker-hughes-us-rig-count-up-by-1-at-544/50124.html
  - https://www.oilandgas360.com/baker-hughes-rig-count-4-24/
note: "Secondary news sites confirm actual values (Total Rigs 547, Oil Rigs 408) but primary source remains inaccessible due to bot mitigation. Marked not_available per policy of using only primary sources."
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