Obama here is counting only oil rigs, not oil and gas rigs, an important distinction. News reports in February 2012 stated that the U.S. had hit a record number of oil rigs at 1,272, the most since Baker Hughes separated oil rig and gas rig data in 1987.
Boswell is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,364 at the 2000 census.
Boswell is located at 40Â°9â²37â³N 79Â°1â²40â³Wï»¿ / ï»¿40.16028Â°N 79.02778Â°Wï»¿ / 40.16028; -79.02778 (40.160329, -79.027712), about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2), all of it land.