February 2000
Supplement
00-02_USDrilling-staff_T4.htm (Feb-2000)
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
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What 140 U.S. independent drillers plan for 20001 | |||||||||||
Area of district | Wells to be drilled |
Wells drilled |
Supplemental well data3 |
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2000 | 1999 | Horizontal | Gas | |||||||||
Total | Wildcat | Field | Total | Wildcat | Field | 2000 | 1999 | 2000 | 1999 | |||
Alabama 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Arkansas | 29 | 3 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | ||
California | 57 | 22 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 14 | ||
Onshore | 25 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | ||
Offshore | 32 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Colorado | 166 | 14 | 152 | 118 | 6 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 111 | ||
Gulf of Mexico | 70 | 41 | 29 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 42 | ||
Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Louisiana | 40 | 28 | 12 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | ||
Texas | 30 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 18 | ||
Illinois | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Indiana | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kansas | 102 | 48 | 54 | 69 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 28 | ||
Kentucky | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | ||
Louisiana 2 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | ||
North | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | ||
South | 29 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | ||
Michigan | 45 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 0 | ||
Mississippi 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
New Mexico | 110 | 7 | 103 | 63 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 35 | ||
South/East | 77 | 6 | 71 | 38 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | ||
North/West | 33 | 1 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 25 | ||
New York | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
North Dakota | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ohio | 58 | 12 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 23 | ||
Oklahoma | 99 | 14 | 85 | 62 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 50 | ||
Pennsylvania | 198 | 3 | 195 | 142 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 142 | ||
Texas 2 | 299 | 92 | 207 | 166 | 52 | 114 | 27 | 10 | 138 | 71 | ||
District 1 | 33 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
District 2 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | ||
District 3 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | ||
District 4 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 12 | ||
District 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
District 6 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
District 7B | 19 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
District 7C | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
District 8 | 49 | 9 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3 | ||
District 8A | 18 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
District 9 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | ||
District 10 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | ||
Utah | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
West Virginia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Wyoming | 28 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | ||
Others | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total U.S. | 1,407 | 337 | 1,070 | 834 | 206 | 628 | 60 | 20 | 898 | 579 | ||
1 Companies represent a cross-section of U.S. independent operators. | ||||||||||||
2 Excludes state and federal offshore wells, which are included in the GOM total. | ||||||||||||
3 Supplemental well data is included in field and wildcat categories. | ||||||||||||
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