April 6 (Reuters) - U.S. drillers added oil rigs for a 13th week in a row, extending a recovery as energy companies boost spending on new production to take advantage of a recovery in crude prices.
Drillers added 11 oil rigs in the week to April 13, bringing the total count up to 683, the highest since April 2015, energy services firm Baker Hughes Inc BHI.N said on Thursday. RIG-OL-USA-BHI
During the same week a year ago there were 351 active oil rigs.
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http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/15/rigcount/index.html U.S./Canada natural gas rig count versus Henry Hub futures price
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