Archive February 1998 Vol. 219 No. 2 Outlook '98

What 165 U.S. independent drillers plan for 1998¹

	Wells to be drilled			Wells drilled				Supplemental well data3
	1998			1997				Horizontal		Gas
Area or district	Total	Wildcat	Field	Total	Wildcat	Field		1998	1997	1998	1997
Alabama	5	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Arizona	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Arkansas	47	6	41	43	1	42		0	0	41	39
California	22	16	6	44	14	30		2	9	15	18
California-Off.2	14	0	14	12	0	12		0	12	14	0
Colorado	156	9	147	137	10	127		0	0	110	86
Gulf of Mexico2	103	43	60	61	38	23		7	2	52	36
Louisiana	88	40	48	57	36	21		6	2	45	34
Texas	15	3	12	4	2	2		1	0	7	2
Illinois	29	5	24	36	1	35		3	14	0	0
Indiana	2	0	2	5	2	3		0	0	0	2
Kansas	169	72	97	131	54	77		1	0	75	45
Kentucky	8	3	5	4	0	4		0	0	6	4
Louisiana	90	26	64	64	20	44		0	0	63	51
North	51	5	46	46	10	36		0	0	41	38
South	39	21	18	18	10	8		0	0	22	13
Michigan	70	24	46	56	13	43		16	6	46	41
Mississippi	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Montana	23	9	14	6	3	3		1	0	0	0
Nebraska	17	8	9	14	3	11		0	0	0	0
New Mexico	126	28	98	85	10	75		2	0	51	25
North/West	35	6	29	20	1	19		0	0	15	11
South/East	91	22	69	65	9	56		2	0	36	14
New York	14	6	8	3	1	2		0	0	14	2
North Dakota	15	7	8	8	3	5		2	3	0	0
Ohio	47	5	42	59	10	49		0	0	7	10
Oklahoma	135	17	118	127	15	112		0	0	98	100
Pennsylvania	5	2	3	8	0	8		0	0	5	8
South Dakota	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0
Texas	519	182	337	432	86	346		20	15	214	171
Dist. 1	38	27	11	15	8	7		6	1	8	0
Dist. 2	99	76	23	40	18	22		5	1	34	27
Dist. 3	32	15	17	35	17	18		0	5	8	11
Dist. 4	61	16	45	60	6	54		2	1	43	40
Dist. 5	15	2	13	21	0	21		0	5	14	15
Dist. 6	48	4	44	20	0	20		0	0	35	7
Dist. 7B	23	13	10	18	9	9		0	0	8	3
Dist. 7C	8	4	4	5	3	2		0	0	4	2
Dist. 8	82	9	73	94	8	86		2	2	27	27
Dist. 8A	22	3	19	25	2	23		3	0	0	0
Dist. 9	17	7	10	13	7	6		0	0	2	3
Dist. 10	74	6	68	86	8	78		2	0	31	36
Utah	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Wyoming	84	4	80	33	1	32		1	0	71	9
Total U.S.	1,707	479	1,228	1,369	285	1,084		55	62	882	647
1 Companies represent a cross-section of U.S. independent operators. 2 Includes state and federal waters. 3 This additional breakdown of wells already included in field and wildcat categories.

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