August 2000
Industry At A Glance
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A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
Forecast of 2000 world drilling outside U.S. comparisons with 1999 and 1998 | ||||||||||||||
(Data compiled by World Oil, with assistance from government agencies, industry associations, oil companies and private sources) | ||||||||||||||
2000 FORECAST |
ESTIMATED WELLS DRILLED IN 1999 |
DRILLING 1998* |
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AREA AND COUNTRY |
Wells | % diff. 20001999 |
Oil | Gas | Dry | Sus- pended |
Service | Total** wells |
Total footage |
Total wells |
Total footage |
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North America | 44,112 | 53.2 | 7,319 | 14,503 | 5,174 | 1,263 | 532 | 28,791 | 138,608,870 | 34,770 | 177,754,144 | |||
Canada | 16,566 | 32.5 | 2,900 | 6,300 | 1,897 | 1,262 | 141 | 12,500 | 43,750,000 | 10,781 | 42,744,530 | |||
Cuba | 20 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 134,521 | 14 | 126,319 | |||
Mexico | 249 | 6.4 | 34 | 168 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 2,309,824 | 203 | 2,056,560 | |||
United States | 27,273 | 70.1 | 4,367 | 8,035 | 3,243 | 0 | 389 | 16,034 | 92,370,525 | 23,763 | 132,754,597 | |||
Others | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44,000 | 9 | 72,138 | |||
South America | 2,798 | 49.5 | 1,315 | 101 | 112 | 116 | 227 | 1,871 | 12,417,434 | 2,668 | 16,890,087 | |||
Argentina | 750 | 33.9 | 443 | 71 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 560 | 3,480,813 | 904 | 5,188,993 | |||
Bolivia | 30 | 66.7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 250,000 | 24 | 345,120 | |||
Brazil | 411 | 71.3 | 136 | 4 | 34 | 44 | 22 | 240 | 1,525,665 | 321 | 1,813,806 | |||
Chile | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24,000 | 6 | 48,000 | |||
Colombia | 97 | 16.9 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 83 | 714,724 | 108 | 930,000 | |||
Ecuador | 38 | 31.0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 88,000 | 51 | 477,218 | |||
Peru | 45 | 114.3 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 145,176 | 60 | 393,002 | |||
Trinidad & Tobago | 135 | 48.4 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 91 | 445,006 | 93 | 568,513 | |||
Venezuela | 1,252 | 54.4 | 571 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 177 | 811 | 5,723,956 | 1,054 | 6,959,232 | |||
Others | 37 | 146.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20,094 | 47 | 166,203 | |||
Western Europe | 561 | 6.2 | 301 | 115 | 97 | 14 | 71 | 598 | 6,602,328 | 666 | 6,904,920 | |||
Austria | 20 | 5.3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 122,946 | 28 | 164,286 | |||
Denmark | 27 | 12.5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 393,421 | 26 | 416,687 | |||
France | 22 | 633.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 44,697 | 16 | 138,927 | |||
Germany | 23 | 27.8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 223,866 | 27 | 281,795 | |||
Italy | 76 | 72.7 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 297,583 | 75 | 522,059 | |||
Netherlands | 24 | 31.4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 427,422 | 59 | 654,560 | |||
Norway | 140 | 17.2 | 96 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 51 | 169 | 2,315,893 | 159 | 2,116,274 | |||
United Kingdom | 220 | 21.4 | 166 | 42 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 280 | 2,730,000 | 269 | 2,555,798 | |||
Others | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 46,500 | 7 | 54,534 | |||
Eastern Europe/FSU | 4,411 | 11.2 | 308 | 52 | 62 | 12 | 86 | 3,968 | 25,319,749 | 3,651 | 22,644,618 | |||
Croatia | 23 | 228.6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22,214 | 10 | 35,815 | |||
Czech Republic | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 48,885 | 15 | 80,470 | |||
FSU-Russian Federation | 3,585 | 12.6 | -----------------------------not available-------------------------- | 3,185 | 20,695,538 | 2,863 | 18,612,199 | |||||||
FSU-Kazakhstan | 86 | 48.3 | 39 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 324,068 | 93 | 416,814 | |||
FSU-Others | 284 | 8.0 | -----------------------------not available-------------------------- | 263 | 2,466,986 | 160 | 1,509,531 | |||||||
Hungary | 25 | 26.5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 184,144 | 43 | 245,440 | |||
Poland | 82 | 2.5 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 80 | 499,918 | 77 | 516,194 | |||
Romania | 297 | 4.2 | 239 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 310 | 915,751 | 352 | 1,014,157 | |||
Others | 20 | 9.1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 162,245 | 38 | 213,998 | |||
Africa | 670 | 4.2 | 441 | 48 | 79 | 47 | 28 | 643 | 5,237,189 | 822 | 6,879,293 | |||
Algeria | 57 | 37.4 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 830,830 | 85 | 776,050 | ||||
Angola | 60 | 1.6 | 49 46 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 555,100 | 91 | 828,100 | |||
Cameroon | 10 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 60,000 | 18 | 108,000 | |||
Congo | 29 | 16.0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 147,500 | 45 | 265,000 | |||
Egypt | 170 | 0.6 | 106 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 169 | 1,234,894 | 172 | 1,551,850 | |||
Gabon | 32 | 15.8 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 228,000 | 65 | 390,000 | |||
Libya | 100 | 11.1 | 70 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 90 | 695,122 | 123 | 950,000 | |||
Nigeria | 85 | 3.7 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 82 | 788,430 | 132 | 1,259,060 | |||
Sudan | 66 | 40.4 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 440,090 | 30 | 217,500 | |||
Tunisia | 22 | 83.3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 115,325 | 17 | 170,130 | |||
Others | 39 | 116.7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 141,898 | 44 | 363,603 | |||
Middle East | 1,234 | 8.2 | 583 | 64 | 44 | 35 | 119 | 1,140 | 8,648,599 | 1,212 | 9,350,500 | |||
Iran | 140 | 4.5 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 134 | 947,772 | 124 | 935,367 | |||
Iraq | 12 | 0.0 | -----------------------------not available-------------------------- | 12 | 92,000 | 15 | 120,000 | |||||||
Kuwait | 102 | 3.0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 792,000 | 36 | 377,029 | |||
Neutral Zone | 51 | 45.7 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 246,750 | 40 | 281,900 | |||
Oman | 320 | 12.7 | 205 | 18 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 284 | 1,882,900 | 329 | 2,190,260 | |||
Qatar | 72 | 9.1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 66 | 481,800 | 117 | 854,100 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 230 | 2.7 | -----------------------------not available-------------------------- | 224 | 1,831,200 | 284 | 2,322,000 | |||||||
Syria | 60 | 1.7 | -----------------------------not available-------------------------- | 59 | 501,205 | 63 | 535,000 | |||||||
Turkey | 30 | 11.8 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 173,763 | 45 | 293,570 | |||
UAE-Abu Dhabi | 90 | 0.0 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 90 | 1,085,835 | 65 | 913,900 | |||
UAE-Dubai | 9 | 12.5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 81,200 | 13 | 132,000 | |||
Yemen | 70 | 32.1 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 362,735 | 44 | 229,295 | |||
Others | 48 | 14.3 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 169,439 | 37 | 166,079 | |||
Far East | 12,392 | 4.8 | 1,035 | 416 | 172 | 53 | 156 | 11,827 | 63,561,398 | 11,610 | 62,883,091 | |||
Brunei | 37 | 60.9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 170,475 | 9 | 77,526 | |||
China | 10,140 | 1.5 | -----------------------------not available-------------------------- | 9,995 | 53,495,000 | 9,800 | 51,800,000 | |||||||
India | 369 | 15.7 | 172 | 34 | 66 | 40 | 7 | 319 | 2,509,190 | 295 | 2,094,770 | |||
Indonesia | 1,359 | 29.3 | 715 | 139 | 55 | 0 | 142 | 1,051 | 3,452,645 | 1,004 | 4,231,004 | |||
Malaysia | 65 | 8.3 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 531,127 | 87 | 821,361 | |||
Myanmar | 52 | 10.6 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 205,437 | 58 | 333,708 | |||
Pakistan | 55 | 10.0 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 327,500 | 56 | 366,800 | |||
Philippines | 11 | 266.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16,059 | 3 | 25,044 | |||
Thailand | 226 | 11.3 | 18 | 167 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 203 | 2,140,505 | 221 | 2,397,621 | |||
Viet Nam | 43 | 7.5 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 415,960 | 37 | 384,763 | |||
Others | 35 | 2.8 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 297,500 | 40 | 350,494 | |||
South Pacific | 217 | 3.6 | 64 | 54 | 87 | 14 | 6 | 225 | 1,768,007 | 296 | 2,295,541 | |||
Australia | 200 | 1.0 | 57 | 51 | 81 | 7 | 6 | 202 | 1,574,562 | 265 | 2,065,368 | |||
New Zealand | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 73,109 | 16 | 123,994 | |||
Papua New Guinea | 6 | 50.0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 120,336 | 15 | 106,179 | |||
World Total | 66,395 | 35.3 | 11,366 | 15,353 | 5,827 | 1,554 | 1,225 | 49,063 | 262,163,574 | 55,695 | 305,602,194 | |||
* Revised ** Note: 1999 well totals will not equal sum of breakdown categories due to lack of data in some countries. | ||||||||||||||
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