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Forecast
of 1999 world drilling comparisons with 1998 and 1997 |
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(Data compiled by
World Oil, with assistance from government agencies, industry associations, oil companies and
private sources.) |
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1999 Forecast
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Estimated
wells drilled in 1998
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Drilling in 1997*
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%
diff. |
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Sus- |
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Total ** |
Total |
Total |
Total |
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Area and country |
Wells |
19991998 |
Oil |
Gas |
Dry |
pended |
Service |
Wells |
Footage |
Wells |
Footage |
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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 |
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Canada |
9,518 |
11.7 |
2,761 |
4,991 |
1,837 |
548 |
644 |
10,781 |
42,744,530 |
13,094 |
49,742,355 |
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Cuba |
13 |
31.6 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
19 |
75,050 |
13 |
53,422 |
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Mexico |
190 |
6.4 |
63 |
128 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
203 |
2,170,966 |
121 |
1,418,705 |
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United States |
17,329 |
21.3 |
6,892 |
9,952 |
4,500 |
0 |
682 |
22,026 |
125,644,798 |
28,791 |
154,565,178 |
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Others |
5 |
44.4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
72,138 |
11 |
88,169 |
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South America |
1,931 |
20.1 |
1,992 |
76 |
153 |
56 |
139 |
2,416 |
14,513,343 |
3,163 |
17,255,112 |
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Argentina |
842 |
2.8 |
749 |
48 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
866 |
5,003,492 |
1,293 |
6,077,848 |
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Bolivia |
51 |
112.5 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
24 |
345,120 |
16 |
200,066 |
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Brazil |
300 |
2.3 |
169 |
6 |
30 |
28 |
74 |
307 |
1,400,831 |
324 |
1,408,002 |
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Chile |
5 |
16.7 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
48,000 |
11 |
88,000 |
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Colombia |
85 |
19.8 |
72 |
4 |
18 |
2 |
10 |
106 |
912,780 |
120 |
1,014,200 |
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Ecuador |
48 |
5.9 |
42 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
51 |
477,218 |
65 |
542,413 |
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Peru |
39 |
35.0 |
49 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
60 |
393,002 |
103 |
669,461 |
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Trinidad & Tobago |
100 |
6.4 |
70 |
5 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
94 |
568,860 |
111 |
552,285 |
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Venezuela |
440 |
48.5 |
797 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
40 |
855 |
5,198,164 |
1,090 |
6,663,493 |
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Others |
21 |
55.3 |
40 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
165,876 |
30 |
39,344 |
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Western
Europe |
558 |
16.3 |
300 |
159 |
132 |
13 |
63 |
667 |
6,904,920 |
711 |
7,388,214 |
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Austria |
23 |
17.9 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
164,286 |
26 |
152,215 |
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Denmark |
18 |
30.8 |
17 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
26 |
416,687 |
21 |
336,303 |
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France |
8 |
50.0 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
138,927 |
9 |
103,571 |
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Germany |
21 |
22.2 |
10 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
27 |
281,795 |
37 |
273,432 |
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Italy |
65 |
13.3 |
6 |
38 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
75 |
522,059 |
60 |
516,918 |
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Netherlands |
35 |
40.7 |
1 |
45 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
59 |
654,560 |
73 |
789,560 |
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Norway |
160 |
0.0 |
88 |
12 |
14 |
5 |
41 |
160 |
2,116,274 |
183 |
2,232,028 |
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United Kingdom |
225 |
16.4 |
160 |
40 |
48 |
5 |
16 |
269 |
2,555,798 |
288 |
2,880,336 |
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Others |
3 |
57.1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
54,534 |
14 |
103,851 |
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Eastern
Europe/FSU |
2,836 |
16.9 |
376 |
99 |
108 |
77 |
30 |
3,413 |
20,825,401 |
5,077 |
31,504,492 |
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Croatia |
7 |
30.0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
35,815 |
11 |
55,918 |
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Czech Republic |
10 |
33.3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
15 |
80,470 |
9 |
63,310 |
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FSU-Russian Federation |
2,100 |
18.4 |
------------- Not available
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2,575 |
16,732,284 |
4,155 |
27,017,483 |
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FSU-Kazakhstan |
45 |
51.6 |
71 |
1 |
14 |
5 |
2 |
93 |
416,814 |
104 |
377,671 |
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FSU-Others |
129 |
12.8 |
------------- Not available
-------------- |
148 |
1,335,212 |
176 |
1,586,619 |
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Hungary |
38 |
11.6 |
15 |
18 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
43 |
245,440 |
40 |
228,314 |
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Poland |
79 |
3.7 |
12 |
31 |
26 |
11 |
2 |
82 |
516,266 |
92 |
482,261 |
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Romania |
410 |
0.7 |
262 |
32 |
44 |
56 |
13 |
407 |
1,262,280 |
438 |
1,358,429 |
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Others |
18 |
55.0 |
13 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
40 |
200,820 |
52 |
334,487 |
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Africa |
660 |
20.6 |
522 |
68 |
153 |
44 |
44 |
831 |
6,952,930 |
820 |
6,881,912 |
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Algeria |
90 |
5.9 |
45 |
22 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
85 |
776,050 |
105 |
958,650 |
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Angola |
50 |
45.1 |
68 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
12 |
91 |
828,100 |
65 |
579,800 |
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Cameroon |
10 |
44.4 |
14 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
108,000 |
31 |
186,000 |
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Congo |
25 |
44.4 |
37 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
45 |
265,000 |
35 |
205,000 |
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Cote dIvoire |
5 |
50.0 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
118,800 |
12 |
148,800 |
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Egypt |
175 |
1.7 |
78 |
13 |
60 |
10 |
11 |
172 |
1,552,000 |
175 |
1,597,000 |
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Gabon |
25 |
61.5 |
48 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
65 |
390,000 |
51 |
329,256 |
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Libya |
88 |
28.5 |
90 |
5 |
19 |
3 |
6 |
123 |
950,000 |
128 |
984,000 |
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Nigeria |
106 |
19.7 |
88 |
10 |
11 |
16 |
7 |
132 |
1,259,060 |
137 |
1,290,000 |
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Tunisia |
16 |
15.8 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
19 |
170,130 |
22 |
188,063 |
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Others |
70 |
1.4 |
40 |
11 |
16 |
3 |
1 |
71 |
535,790 |
59 |
415,343 |
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Middle East |
1,085 |
14.2 |
607 |
79 |
57 |
36 |
127 |
1,265 |
9,673,229 |
1,345 |
9,643,692 |
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Iran |
137 |
10.5 |
76 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
35 |
124 |
935,367 |
126 |
925,197 |
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Iraq |
14 |
16.7 |
------------- Not available
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12 |
108,000 |
10 |
90,000 |
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Kuwait |
40 |
11.1 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
36 |
377,029 |
45 |
305,839 |
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Neutral Zone |
47 |
17.5 |
33 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
40 |
281,900 |
46 |
341,000 |
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Oman |
257 |
21.9 |
248 |
20 |
14 |
19 |
28 |
329 |
2,190,260 |
377 |
1,892,663 |
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Qatar |
66 |
43.6 |
79 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
20 |
117 |
854,100 |
119 |
873,400 |
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Saudi Arabia |
214 |
24.6 |
------------- Not available
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284 |
2,322,000 |
306 |
2,498,000 |
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Syria |
59 |
6.3 |
------------- Not available
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63 |
535,000 |
63 |
548,100 |
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Turkey |
45 |
16.7 |
25 |
4 |
22 |
2 |
1 |
54 |
293,570 |
56 |
351,598 |
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UAE-Abu Dhabi |
105 |
6.3 |
55 |
22 |
6 |
4 |
25 |
112 |
1,248,600 |
114 |
1,278,062 |
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UAE-Dubai |
10 |
23.1 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
132,000 |
9 |
112,140 |
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Yemen |
55 |
25.0 |
33 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
44 |
229,295 |
46 |
293,968 |
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Others |
36 |
2.7 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
37 |
166,108 |
28 |
133,725 |
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Far East |
12,020 |
3.7 |
972 |
454 |
198 |
32 |
139 |
11,595 |
62,834,402 |
12,379 |
65,712,329 |
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Brunei |
33 |
266.7 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
77,500 |
6 |
57,700 |
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China |
10,094 |
3.0 |
------------- Not available
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9,800 |
51,737,000 |
10,650 |
56,221,000 |
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India |
328 |
19.7 |
149 |
30 |
57 |
25 |
13 |
274 |
1,926,770 |
317 |
2,229,147 |
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Indonesia |
1,061 |
4.4 |
639 |
171 |
84 |
1 |
121 |
1,016 |
4,574,275 |
991 |
3,415,844 |
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Malaysia |
80 |
8.0 |
71 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
821,361 |
47 |
355,037 |
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Myanmar |
53 |
8.2 |
22 |
13 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
49 |
203,350 |
33 |
133,650 |
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Pakistan |
58 |
3.6 |
16 |
20 |
16 |
2 |
2 |
56 |
366,800 |
62 |
399,900 |
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Philippines |
3 |
25.0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
25,044 |
2 |
13,782 |
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Thailand |
234 |
5.4 |
25 |
186 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
222 |
2,444,762 |
192 |
2,123,956 |
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Viet Nam |
32 |
13.5 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
384,763 |
40 |
411,004 |
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Others |
44 |
7.3 |
7 |
21 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
41 |
272,777 |
39 |
351,309 |
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South Pacific |
203 |
31.0 |
86 |
74 |
118 |
10 |
6 |
294 |
2,293,890 |
351 |
2,542,035 |
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Australia |
180 |
32.1 |
73 |
70 |
111 |
5 |
6 |
265 |
2,065,368 |
331 |
2,401,742 |
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New Zealand |
14 |
12.5 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
123,994 |
6 |
39,708 |
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Papua New Guinea |
9 |
30.8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
13 |
104,528 |
14 |
100,585 |
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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 |
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* Revised |
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** Note: 1998 well
totals will not equal sum of breakdown categories due to lack of data in some countries. |
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Copyright © 1999 World
Oil
Copyright ©
1999 Gulf Publishing Company
FROM THE ARCHIVE