01-08_world-staff_T1.htm (Aug-2001)

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Forecast of 2001 world drilling – comparisons with 2000 and 1999
(Data compiled by World Oil, with assistance from government agencies, industry associations, oil companies and private sources.)
	2001 Forecast		Estimated wells drilled in 2000								Drilling in 1999*
Area and country	Wells	% diff. 2001 – 2000	Oil	Gas	Dry	Suspended	Service	Total Wells	**	Total Footage	Total Wells	Total Footage

North America	55,700	32.1	12,287	22,039	5,619	557	1,677	42,179		194,091,011	31,946	147,949,756
Canada	19,455	5.3	5,706	9,078	2,143	556	997	18,480		66,464,227	12,500	43,750,000
Cuba	27	12.5	20	0	3	1	0	24		187,500	19	134,700
Mexico	380	53.8	15	197	27	0	8	247		2,384,050	234	2,382,747
United States	35,834	53.0	6,542	12,764	3,446	0	672	23,424	***	125,010,234	19,189	101,638,309
Others	4	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	4		45,000	4	44,000
South America	3,068	– 1.7	2,351	136	210	104	320	3,121		21,236,368	1,951	12,819,985
Argentina	1,200	14.0	873	94	86	0	0	1,053		6,900,179	522	3,389,024
Bolivia	45	– 18.2	22	13	20	0	0	55		554,975	55	432,107
Brazil	419	– 1.6	238	13	68	50	57	426		2,374,531	274	1,676,076
Chile	2	– 33.3	0	1	2	0	0	3		20,277	7	48,916
Colombia	116	10.5	72	5	10	5	13	105		904,169	83	714,724
Ecuador	54	12.5	36	0	8	1	3	48		270,000	34	204,000
Peru	54	50.0	34	2	0	0	0	36		292,717	21	145,176
Trinidad & Tobago	144	10.8	109	5	7	2	7	130		468,786	91	445,006
Venezuela	977	– 21.7	950	3	8	46	240	1,247		9,415,734	827	5,723,956
Others	57	216.7	17	0	1	0	0	18		35,000	37	41,000
Western Europe	675	0.6	348	135	82	27	79	671		7,342,895	602	6,613,934
Austria	16	– 23.8	11	7	3	0	0	21		147,600	19	122,946
Denmark	36	24.1	19	1	5	0	4	29		507,416	24	393,272
France	26	160.0	7	0	0	2	1	10		102,984	3	44,697
Germany	23	76.9	3	6	0	4	0	13		141,756	18	223,866
Italy	62	12.7	6	29	20	0	0	55		332,965	44	297,583
Netherlands	36	20.0	1	27	2	0	0	30		334,347	35	427,422
Norway	203	0.5	119	17	2	10	54	202		2,830,253	171	2,315,188
United Kingdom	262	– 12.7	179	46	45	10	20	300		2,876,400	280	2,730,000
Others	11	0.0	3	2	5	1	0	11		69,174	8	58,960
Eastern Europe/FSU	5,021	23.6	182	97	63	16	18	4,063		34,682,728	3,068	21,709,925
Croatia	20	– 33.3	8	12	6	4	0	30		114,740	7	22,214
Czech Republic	20	11.1	1	12	3	2	0	18		98,475	15	62,706
FSU-Russian Federation	4,075	19.7	– Not available –					3,405		30,511,003	2,385	17,924,352
FSU-Others	446	58.2	– Not available –					282		2,384,505	225	2,033,573
Hungary	20	17.6	2	3	6	1	5	17		109,021	34	184,144
Poland	68	30.8	3	29	20	0	0	52		339,446	76	469,439
Romania	359	44.8	166	35	26	8	13	248		1,072,011	310	915,751
Others	13	18.2	2	6	2	1	0	11		53,527	16	97,746
Africa	806	14.7	458	71	115	48	11	703		5,751,607	668	5,579,109
Algeria	171	24.8	74	35	28	0	0	137		1,392,066	134	1,283,042
Angola	40	0.0	30	0	3	7	0	40		370,066	61	555,100
Congo	10	– 28.6	10	2	2	0	0	14		75,000	25	147,500
Egypt	241	21.1	118	21	37	20	3	199		1,350,095	169	1,234,894
Equatorial Guinea	9	– 30.8	9	1	3	0	0	13		93,100	7	50,145
Gabon	30	25.0	18	0	4	1	1	24		144,000	21	126,000
Libya	65	– 18.8	62	2	9	2	5	80		617,880	90	695,122
Nigeria	90	5.9	62	3	10	10	0	85		791,400	82	788,430
Sudan	65	18.2	51	0	2	2	0	55		515,000	47	440,090
Tunisia	24	60.0	4	1	5	4	1	15		114,546	12	115,325
Others	61	48.8	20	6	12	2	1	41		288,454	20	143,461
Middle East	1,367	6.6	685	73	39	10	141	1,282		9,392,873	1,132	8,343,628
Iran	150	0.0	95	0	0	0	55	150		945,194	134	947,772
Iraq	16	14.3	– Not available –					14		98,000	12	92,000
Kuwait	120	– 13.0	128	0	0	0	10	138		1,045,771	99	792,000
Neutral Zone	45	12.5	37	0	1	0	2	40		280,800	35	246,750
Oman	345	7.8	248	15	4	3	50	320		2,300,985	284	1,882,900
Qatar	60	– 9.1	40	12	2	2	10	66		489,036	66	481,800
Saudi Arabia	293	14.0	– Not available –					257		2,068,500	224	1,831,200
Syria	80	27.0	– Not available –					63		535,500	59	501,205
Turkey	34	13.3	6	7	16	1	0	30		180,091	30	145,466
UAE-Abu Dhabi	82	2.5	37	30	2	1	10	80		730,000	90	821,400
UAE-Dubai	8	14.3	6	0	0	0	1	7		63,000	8	79,400
Yemen	90	12.5	63	2	9	3	3	80		492,000	53	362,735
Others	44	18.9	25	7	5	0	0	37		163,996	38	159,000
Far East	12,376	3.9	1,145	306	158	67	180	11,911		64,260,998	11,811	63,480,839
Brunei	31	63.2	18	1	0	0	0	19		159,208	23	170,475
China	10,210	1.5	– Not available –					10,055		53,816,000	9,995	53,495,000
India	345	6.2	176	36	55	46	12	325		2,556,385	319	2,509,190
Indonesia	1,323	26.5	777	56	42	9	162	1,046		3,476,753	1,051	3,452,645
Malaysia	65	3.2	50	11	2	0	0	63		557,683	60	531,127
Myanmar	53	23.3	13	14	14	2	0	43		185,169	47	205,437
Pakistan	60	53.8	10	11	15	2	1	39		293,258	33	258,211
Philippines	6	– 45.5	1	5	2	2	1	11		93,161	3	16,059
Thailand	185	– 19.2	60	146	16	4	3	229		2,375,136	203	2,140,505
Viet Nam	50	11.1	33	8	4	0	0	45		467,955	40	415,960
Others	48	33.3	7	18	8	2	1	36		280,290	37	286,230
South Pacific	269	18.0	64	101	57	5	1	228		1,672,871	198	1,553,256
Australia	240	18.8	55	94	49	3	1	202		1,428,534	176	1,369,525
New Zealand	24	14.3	6	7	6	2	0	21		197,000	11	105,000
Papua New Guinea	5	0.0	3	0	2	0	0	5		47,337	11	78,731

World Total	79,282	23.6	17,520	22,958	6,343	834	2,427	64,158		338,431,351	51,376	268,050,432
* Revised Note: 2000 well totals will not equal sum of breakdown categories due to lack of data in some countries. *API counts subject to further revision.