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February 1998 Vol. 219 No. 2
Outlook '98
What 20 U.S. major drillers plan for 19981
Wells to be drilled Wells drilled Supplemental well data3 1998 1997 Horizontal Gas Area or district Total Wildcat Field Total Wildcat Field 1998 1997 1998 1997 Alabama-On. 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Alaska-On. 114 5 109 88 2 86 20 19 4 0 Alaska-Off. 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Arkansas 40 2 38 18 0 18 0 0 38 18 California-On. 1,780 0 1,780 1,465 0 1,465 110 80 1 0 California-Off.2 8 0 8 13 0 13 0 0 32 0 Colorado 38 1 37 38 4 34 0 5 16 13 Gulf of Mexico2 340 113 227 261 72 189 29 25 161 76 Alabama 8 6 2 3 1 2 0 0 8 2 Louisiana 285 85 200 228 49 179 26 23 113 52 Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Texas 47 22 25 30 22 8 2 2 39 21 Indiana 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 Kansas 169 10 159 145 0 145 0 0 128 102 Kentucky 64 0 64 31 0 31 0 0 64 31 Louisiana 242 72 170 180 32 148 78 54 130 49 North 42 5 37 25 1 24 0 0 42 24 South 200 67 133 155 31 124 78 54 88 25 Michigan 79 9 70 92 11 81 0 0 54 51 Mississippi 10 0 10 5 1 4 0 0 3 2 Montana 18 9 9 20 5 15 0 3 0 1 Nebraska 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Mexico 205 22 183 129 19 110 12 12 94 44 North/West 49 2 47 16 1 15 0 0 44 15 South/East 156 20 136 113 18 95 12 12 50 29 New York 10 2 8 8 0 8 0 0 10 8 North Dakota 7 3 4 11 2 9 6 7 0 0 Ohio 88 16 72 123 11 112 0 0 81 88 Oklahoma 236 20 216 250 19 231 12 19 190 179 Pennsylvania 99 6 93 86 4 82 0 0 95 86 Texas 1,692 108 1,584 1,736 107 1,629 282 231 970 833 Dist. 1 60 8 52 200 1 199 0 16 48 162 Dist. 2 4 2 2 6 4 2 0 2 2 5 Dist. 3 284 20 264 182 17 165 209 136 125 97 Dist. 4 378 29 349 240 25 215 22 2 343 178 Dist. 5 86 1 85 78 11 67 1 19 33 35 Dist. 6 47 2 45 57 1 56 0 0 47 53 Dist. 7B 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 Dist. 7C 277 0 277 325 0 325 1 38 237 182 Dist. 8 172 9 163 246 10 236 25 14 17 7 Dist. 8A 121 2 119 157 5 152 0 0 0 0 Dist. 9 95 0 95 74 2 72 0 0 0 0 Dist. 10 138 5 133 141 1 140 24 4 118 114 Utah 18 3 15 24 0 24 3 2 12 15 West Virginia 272 12 260 198 6 192 0 0 270 197 Wyoming 71 5 66 82 23 59 3 7 29 25 Total U.S. 5,606 420 5,186 5,007 318 4,689 555 464 2,382 1,820 1 Major drillers are defined as integrated oil companies or subsidiaries, and large independents that plan to implement significant drilling programs in several states during 1997. These include: Aera Energy LLC, Anadarko Petroleum, Apache, BP Prudhoe Bay Drilling, Belden & Blake, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chesapeake Operating, Chevron USA, Conoco, Exxon Co. USA, Marathon Oil, Maxus Energy, Mitchell Energy, Santa Fe Energy Resources, Seagull Energy E&P, Shell Western E&P, Spirit Energy, Swift Energy, The Eastern Group and Union Pacific Resources.
2 Includes state and federal waters.
3 This additional breakdown already included in wildcat and field categories.
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