The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell in the week ending August 1, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday as operators continue to scale back. The total rig count in the US fell by 2 rigs for the second week in a row, landing at 540, according to Baker Hughes, down 46 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 5 to 410, down by 72 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 2 this week, coming in at 124 for a gain of 26 active gas rigs from this time last year. The miscellaneous rig count also gained a rig, for a total of 6.