Baker Hughes, the U.S. energy services firm, announced that its weekly North American oil and natural gas rig count report, which was slated for release on Friday, has been postponed. The report is normally published on the company’s website and mobile application at approximately 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The rig count is widely used by the energy industry as an early indicator of future oil and gas production levels. The company did not disclose when the delayed report will be made available. The announcement was reported by Reuters on 10 July 2026 at 10:56 pm, authored by Vlad Schepkov.