February 1999
Industry At A Glance
99-02_us_drilling_T4.html (Feb-1999)
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
| What 20 U.S. major drillers plan for 19991 | ||||||||||||
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| 1999 | 1998 | Horizontal | Gas | |||||||||
| Area or district | Total | Wildcat | Field | Total | Wildcat | Field | 1999 | 1998 | 1999 | 1998 | ||
| Alabama-On | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Alaska-Off3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alaska-On | 32 | 3 | 29 | 63 | 1 | 62 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arkansas | 13 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | ||
| California-Off3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| California-On | 601 | 0 | 601 | 1,157 | 1 | 1,156 | 15 | 89 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Colorado | 191 | 5 | 186 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 8 | ||
| Gulf of Mexico3 | 234 | 73 | 161 | 265 | 92 | 173 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 152 | ||
| Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Louisiana | 207 | 57 | 150 | 213 | 64 | 149 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 109 | ||
| Texas | 26 | 15 | 11 | 47 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 38 | ||
| Illinois | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kansas | 104 | 15 | 89 | 93 | 15 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 43 | ||
| Kentucky | 63 | 4 | 59 | 53 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 53 | ||
| Louisiana | 93 | 28 | 65 | 103 | 34 | 69 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 65 | ||
| North | 30 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29 | ||
| South | 63 | 28 | 35 | 74 | 34 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 36 | ||
| Michigan | 41 | 4 | 37 | 54 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 52 | ||
| Montana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| New Mexico | 109 | 3 | 106 | 106 | 5 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 33 | ||
| North/West | 37 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 24 | ||
| South/East | 72 | 3 | 69 | 81 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| New York | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ||
| North Dakota | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ohio | 25 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 45 | ||
| Oklahoma | 201 | 7 | 194 | 173 | 12 | 161 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 126 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 83 | 1 | 82 | 107 | 2 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 107 | ||
| Texas | 699 | 59 | 640 | 910 | 59 | 851 | 33 | 48 | 483 | 663 | ||
| District 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | ||
| District 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| District 3 | 94 | 24 | 70 | 95 | 20 | 75 | 16 | 21 | 70 | 62 | ||
| District 4 | 85 | 2 | 83 | 136 | 13 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 304 | ||
| District 5 | 73 | 6 | 67 | 78 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 59 | ||
| District 6 | 105 | 4 | 101 | 65 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 63 | ||
| District 7B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| District 7C | 24 | 1 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| District 8 | 102 | 0 | 102 | 153 | 1 | 152 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 16 | ||
| District 8A | 42 | 0 | 42 | 167 | 4 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| District 9 | 97 | 10 | 87 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 11 | 84 | 59 | ||
| District 10 | 63 | 5 | 58 | 54 | 2 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 49 | ||
| Utah | 38 | 0 | 38 | 82 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 64 | ||
| West Virginia | 134 | 1 | 133 | 139 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 139 | ||
| Wyoming | 54 | 3 | 51 | 54 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 44 | ||
| Total U.S. | 2,746 | 222 | 2,524 | 3,477 | 248 | 3,229 | 85 | 182 | 1,577 | 1,631 | ||
| 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 1999. | ||||||||||||
| 2 This additional breakdown already included in wildcat and field categories. | ||||||||||||
| 3 Includes state and federal waters. | ||||||||||||
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