There are around 3.5 million oil rigs, though some are not entirely used to drill for oil and most is on land. Many rigs are used to drill for water and geothermal heat. Usage of geothermal heating is common in Europe, and mobile oil rigs are used.
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Many thousands.
1bilion
The rigs' platform.
Approximately 8000 internationally.
Oil rigs are used to drill wells in the earth to extract crude oil and natural gas.
Oil rigs are used to drill wells in the earth to extract crude oil and natural gas.
approximately 570
Drill for oil
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Oil rigs drill into the ground to find oil. They then pump the oil out of the ground to ready it for delivery to places that will refine it. They can be on land or in the ocean.