with a slight dip in September and is now rising again.
https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_rotary_rigs#:~:text=US%20Rig%20Count%20is%20at,46.83%25%20from%20one%20year%20ago.
There are a lot of reasons companies increase and slow their activity but the biggest reason is the expected price of oil at the time the project or individual wells come on stream. If the expected price is high, then they can acquire the capital to drill as long as they have the projects. Higher prices have a way of ensuring the projects will be there.