When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded last month spewing oil into the Gulf, Robey shelled out nearly $3,000 dollars to stockpile 600 pounds of shrimp.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

President Obama says he is angry and frustrated by oil executives' response to the catastrophic spill, after a BP oil rig blew up last month off the Louisiana coast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Rig counts fell this month in response to these depressed gas prices.

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Within North America, the rig count has continued to increase over the past few month although oil and gas prices have remained weak.

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Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of RIG, versus HES and EOG.

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