UPDATE 1-U.S. drillers boost oil rig count to highest nearly 3 years -Baker Hughes

(Adds rigs in Permian basin) By Scott DiSavino Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. energy companies added 26 oil rigs this week, boosting the count to 791, its highest since April 2015, even as crude pulled back from three-year highs with drillers expecting higher prices for their output in 2018 than last year. The increase in the week to Feb. 9 was the biggest weekly rise since January 2017, General Electric Co's Baker Hughes energy services firm said in its closely followed report on Fr