99-08_world-staff_T1.html (Aug-1999)

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Forecast of 1999 world drilling — comparisons with 1998 and 1997
(Data compiled by World Oil, with assistance from government agencies, industry associations, oil companies and private sources.)
	1999 Forecast		Estimated wells drilled in 1998							Drilling in 1997*
		% diff.				Sus-		Total **	Total	Total	Total
Area and country	Wells	1999–1998	Oil	Gas	Dry	pended	Service	Wells	Footage	Wells	Footage

North America	27,055	– 18.1	9,727	15,073	6,358	548	1,332	33,038	170,707,482	42,030	205,867,829
Canada	9,518	– 11.7	2,761	4,991	1,837	548	644	10,781	42,744,530	13,094	49,742,355
Cuba	13	– 31.6	6	1	7	0	5	19	75,050	13	53,422
Mexico	190	– 6.4	63	128	12	0	0	203	2,170,966	121	1,418,705
United States	17,329	– 21.3	6,892	9,952	4,500	0	682	22,026	125,644,798	28,791	154,565,178
Others	5	– 44.4	5	1	2	0	1	9	72,138	11	88,169
South America	1,931	– 20.1	1,992	76	153	56	139	2,416	14,513,343	3,163	17,255,112
Argentina	842	– 2.8	749	48	69	0	0	866	5,003,492	1,293	6,077,848
Bolivia	51	112.5	2	5	4	1	12	24	345,120	16	200,066
Brazil	300	– 2.3	169	6	30	28	74	307	1,400,831	324	1,408,002
Chile	5	– 16.7	2	2	2	0	0	6	48,000	11	88,000
Colombia	85	– 19.8	72	4	18	2	10	106	912,780	120	1,014,200
Ecuador	48	– 5.9	42	0	5	1	3	51	477,218	65	542,413
Peru	39	– 35.0	49	3	6	2	0	60	393,002	103	669,461
Trinidad & Tobago	100	6.4	70	5	6	13	0	94	568,860	111	552,285
Venezuela	440	– 48.5	797	3	6	9	40	855	5,198,164	1,090	6,663,493
Others	21	– 55.3	40	0	7	0	0	47	165,876	30	39,344
Western Europe	558	– 16.3	300	159	132	13	63	667	6,904,920	711	7,388,214
Austria	23	– 17.9	9	10	9	0	0	28	164,286	26	152,215
Denmark	18	– 30.8	17	0	3	0	6	26	416,687	21	336,303
France	8	– 50.0	9	2	4	1	0	16	138,927	9	103,571
Germany	21	– 22.2	10	11	5	1	0	27	281,795	37	273,432
Italy	65	– 13.3	6	38	31	0	0	75	522,059	60	516,918
Netherlands	35	– 40.7	1	45	13	0	0	59	654,560	73	789,560
Norway	160	0.0	88	12	14	5	41	160	2,116,274	183	2,232,028
United Kingdom	225	– 16.4	160	40	48	5	16	269	2,555,798	288	2,880,336
Others	3	– 57.1	0	1	5	1	0	7	54,534	14	103,851
Eastern Europe/FSU	2,836	– 16.9	376	99	108	77	30	3,413	20,825,401	5,077	31,504,492
Croatia	7	– 30.0	1	2	5	2	0	10	35,815	11	55,918
Czech Republic	10	– 33.3	2	3	4	1	5	15	80,470	9	63,310
FSU-Russian Federation	2,100	– 18.4	------------- Not available --------------					2,575	16,732,284	4,155	27,017,483
FSU-Kazakhstan	45	– 51.6	71	1	14	5	2	93	416,814	104	377,671
FSU-Others	129	– 12.8	------------- Not available --------------					148	1,335,212	176	1,586,619
Hungary	38	– 11.6	15	18	8	2	0	43	245,440	40	228,314
Poland	79	– 3.7	12	31	26	11	2	82	516,266	92	482,261
Romania	410	0.7	262	32	44	56	13	407	1,262,280	438	1,358,429
Others	18	– 55.0	13	12	7	0	8	40	200,820	52	334,487
Africa	660	– 20.6	522	68	153	44	44	831	6,952,930	820	6,881,912
Algeria	90	5.9	45	22	18	0	0	85	776,050	105	958,650
Angola	50	– 45.1	68	0	8	3	12	91	828,100	65	579,800
Cameroon	10	– 44.4	14	0	2	2	0	18	108,000	31	186,000
Congo	25	– 44.4	37	4	1	2	1	45	265,000	35	205,000
Cote d’Ivoire	5	– 50.0	7	1	2	0	0	10	118,800	12	148,800
Egypt	175	1.7	78	13	60	10	11	172	1,552,000	175	1,597,000
Gabon	25	– 61.5	48	0	10	3	4	65	390,000	51	329,256
Libya	88	– 28.5	90	5	19	3	6	123	950,000	128	984,000
Nigeria	106	– 19.7	88	10	11	16	7	132	1,259,060	137	1,290,000
Tunisia	16	– 15.8	7	2	6	2	2	19	170,130	22	188,063
Others	70	– 1.4	40	11	16	3	1	71	535,790	59	415,343
Middle East	1,085	– 14.2	607	79	57	36	127	1,265	9,673,229	1,345	9,643,692
Iran	137	10.5	76	12	0	1	35	124	935,367	126	925,197
Iraq	14	16.7	------------- Not available --------------					12	108,000	10	90,000
Kuwait	40	11.1	30	0	0	0	6	36	377,029	45	305,839
Neutral Zone	47	17.5	33	0	2	0	5	40	281,900	46	341,000
Oman	257	– 21.9	248	20	14	19	28	329	2,190,260	377	1,892,663
Qatar	66	– 43.6	79	13	0	5	20	117	854,100	119	873,400
Saudi Arabia	214	– 24.6	------------- Not available --------------					284	2,322,000	306	2,498,000
Syria	59	– 6.3	------------- Not available --------------					63	535,000	63	548,100
Turkey	45	– 16.7	25	4	22	2	1	54	293,570	56	351,598
UAE-Abu Dhabi	105	– 6.3	55	22	6	4	25	112	1,248,600	114	1,278,062
UAE-Dubai	10	– 23.1	10	0	1	0	2	13	132,000	9	112,140
Yemen	55	25.0	33	1	6	0	4	44	229,295	46	293,968
Others	36	– 2.7	18	7	6	5	1	37	166,108	28	133,725
Far East	12,020	3.7	972	454	198	32	139	11,595	62,834,402	12,379	65,712,329
Brunei	33	266.7	5	2	2	0	0	9	77,500	6	57,700
China	10,094	3.0	------------- Not available --------------					9,800	51,737,000	10,650	56,221,000
India	328	19.7	149	30	57	25	13	274	1,926,770	317	2,229,147
Indonesia	1,061	4.4	639	171	84	1	121	1,016	4,574,275	991	3,415,844
Malaysia	80	– 8.0	71	11	5	0	0	87	821,361	47	355,037
Myanmar	53	8.2	22	13	10	2	2	49	203,350	33	133,650
Pakistan	58	3.6	16	20	16	2	2	56	366,800	62	399,900
Philippines	3	– 25.0	1	0	3	0	0	4	25,044	2	13,782
Thailand	234	5.4	25	186	9	1	1	222	2,444,762	192	2,123,956
Viet Nam	32	– 13.5	37	0	0	0	0	37	384,763	40	411,004
Others	44	7.3	7	21	12	1	0	41	272,777	39	351,309
South Pacific	203	– 31.0	86	74	118	10	6	294	2,293,890	351	2,542,035
Australia	180	– 32.1	73	70	111	5	6	265	2,065,368	331	2,401,742
New Zealand	14	– 12.5	7	3	6	0	0	16	123,994	6	39,708
Papua New Guinea	9	– 30.8	6	1	1	5	0	13	104,528	14	100,585

World Total	46,348	– 13.4	14,582	16,082	7,277	816	1,880	53,519	294,705,597	65,876	346,795,615
* Revised
** Note: 1998 well totals will not equal sum of breakdown categories due to lack of data in some countries.

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