Dallas Morning News (blog) | Boom goes bust for oil drillers as crude prices tumble Fortune With a global supply glut sending prices for crude plummeting, U.S. oil drillers are pulling up stakes as if fleeing a blown out well. The number of active oil rigs in the U.S. fell by 61, to 1,750, last week, according to the latest rig count from ... Oil Drillers Bail on U.S. Boom, Idle Most Rigs Since 1991 Oil rig count falls again, largest one week drop since '91 |