February 2001
Supplement
01-02_USDrilling-staff_T3.htm (Feb-2001)
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
What 148 U.S. independent drillers plan for 20011 | |||||||||||||
Wells to be drilled | Wells drilled | Supplemental well data3 | |||||||||||
2001 | 2000 | Horizontal | Gas | ||||||||||
Area or district | Total | Wildcat | Field | Total | Wildcat | Field | 2001 | 2000 | 2001 | 2000 | |||
California Onshore | 1,852 | 27 | 1,825 | 1,774 | 8 | 1,766 | 61 | 54 | 22 | 7 | |||
Colorado | 77 | 7 | 70 | 78 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 71 | |||
Gulf of Mexico | 274 | 81 | 193 | 234 | 45 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 181 | |||
Alabama | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||
Louisiana | 203 | 58 | 145 | 164 | 32 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 117 | |||
Texas | 61 | 21 | 40 | 63 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 60 | |||
Kansas | 76 | 3 | 73 | 71 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 53 | |||
Louisiana2 | 144 | 40 | 104 | 102 | 13 | 89 | 6 | 2 | 133 | 94 | |||
North | 90 | 7 | 83 | 85 | 8 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 90 | 85 | |||
South | 54 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9 | |||
Michigan | 53 | 0 | 53 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 49 | |||
Montana | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
New Mexico | 208 | 8 | 200 | 168 | 17 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 56 | |||
South/East | 78 | 8 | 70 | 55 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||
North/West | 130 | 0 | 130 | 113 | 10 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 54 | |||
New York | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | |||
North Dakota | 29 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ohio | 57 | 13 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 26 | |||
Oklahoma | 254 | 11 | 243 | 143 | 10 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 187 | 105 | |||
Pennsylvania | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Texas2 | 685 | 48 | 637 | 489 | 44 | 445 | 72 | 99 | 466 | 313 | |||
District 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
District 2 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 17 | |||
District 3 | 49 | 22 | 27 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 55 | 43 | 34 | |||
District 4 | 229 | 6 | 223 | 209 | 9 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 207 | |||
District 5 | 29 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
District 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
District 7B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
District 7C | 117 | 6 | 111 | 99 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 4 | |||
District 8 | 144 | 2 | 142 | 52 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | |||
District 8A | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
District 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
District 10 | 77 | 1 | 76 | 47 | 1 | 46 | 51 | 37 | 77 | 46 | |||
Utah | 78 | 1 | 77 | 94 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 93 | |||
Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
West Virginia | 201 | 0 | 201 | 115 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 74 | |||
Wyoming | 88 | 1 | 87 | 70 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 45 | |||
Total U.S. | 4,115 | 263 | 3,852 | 3,459 | 177 | 3,282 | 182 | 187 | 1,521 | 1,170 | |||
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 2001. 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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