Here comes the Baker Hughes rig count ...
Last week, data from driller Baker Hughes showed that the number of oil rigs in operation fell by 13 to 646, the lowest level since August 13, 2010. In the prior week, the count fell by just one.
Combined oil and gas rigs fell by 10 to 875.
Ahead of the data, West Texas Intermediate crude oil was slightly lower at around $57.86 per barrel.
The US benchmark slid this week from above $61.
Goldman Sachs had identified $60 per barrel as a price level around which producers would ramp up production, as they are "increasingly comfortable at the current costs/revenue/funding mix."
On Friday, Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali Al-Naimi confirmed that the 12-member oil cartel OPEC is maintaining its production target at 30 million barrels per day. This was widely expected by market participants.
We'll be back with the rig count numbers once they cross.
Here's the latest chart of the plunge we've seen for over three months now:
