patterson uti. >> we are joined by andy hendricks.ling rig operator the best leading indicator of where the industry is going and probably the last person i interviewed at the in-person conference before everything shutdown >> a little over a year ago. >> we're back together i said the same thing in miami when we spoke a year and a half ago. what are you seeing now? what a year it has been. you have 73 operating rigs what was the low during the lowest point for you >> during the covid downturn, we went down to 34 operating rigs if you remember, we were in miami, we had 126 working. from 126 to 34 now up to 73 we're hshowing a projection of growth we said 80 in july we are in discussions for the rest of the year toencouraged. >> coming double off those lows. obviously the price of oil surprised people with where it is are you still seeing a reluctance to spend a nervousness that 65 or 70 can't last oil has been volatile. i don't need to tell you that. >> it has been volatile. if there is a pull back from 70 and it comes back from mid t