The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 573, up 26 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs rose by 7 to 440 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 8 above this same time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 3 to 125, which is 16 more than this time last year. The miscellaneous rig stayed the same at 8. The latest EIA data showed that weekly…