February 1999
Industry At A Glance
99-02_us_drilling_T5.html (Feb-1999)
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
What 235 independent drillers plan for 19991 | ||||||||||||
Wells
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Wells drilled
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Supplemental well data2
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1999 | 1998 | Horizontal | Gas | |||||||||
Area or district | Total | Wildcat | Field | Total | Wildcat | Field | 1999 | 1998 | 1999 | 1998 | ||
Alabama | 65 | 8 | 57 | 58 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 55 | ||
Arkansas | 28 | 3 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25 | ||
California-On | 42 | 21 | 21 | 165 | 19 | 146 | 2 | 23 | 34 | 28 | ||
Colorado | 51 | 12 | 39 | 49 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 38 | ||
Gulf of Mexico3 | 143 | 75 | 68 | 125 | 68 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 65 | ||
Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Louisiana | 136 | 68 | 68 | 118 | 63 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 61 | ||
Texas | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Illinois | 14 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Indiana | 32 | 2 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 22 | ||
Kansas | 82 | 29 | 53 | 108 | 34 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 | ||
Kentucky | 15 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 | ||
Louisiana | 132 | 27 | 105 | 128 | 28 | 100 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 106 | ||
North | 81 | 3 | 78 | 84 | 8 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 82 | ||
South | 51 | 24 | 27 | 44 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 24 | ||
Michigan | 101 | 7 | 94 | 91 | 10 | 81 | 15 | 17 | 90 | 77 | ||
Mississippi | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Montana | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
New Mexico | 128 | 11 | 117 | 111 | 10 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 50 | ||
North/West | 34 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 24 | ||
South/East | 94 | 11 | 83 | 86 | 8 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 26 | ||
New York | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
North Dakota | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ohio | 50 | 1 | 49 | 34 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
Oklahoma | 241 | 42 | 199 | 211 | 30 | 181 | 2 | 10 | 190 | 122 | ||
Pennsylvania | 100 | 5 | 95 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 90 | ||
South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Texas | 663 | 186 | 477 | 557 | 151 | 406 | 21 | 20 | 516 | 345 | ||
District 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | ||
District 2 | 54 | 22 | 32 | 38 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 20 | ||
District 3 | 81 | 49 | 32 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 34 | ||
District 4 | 89 | 34 | 55 | 76 | 22 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 72 | ||
District 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | ||
District 6 | 69 | 4 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 8 | ||
District 7B | 14 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
District 7C | 36 | 6 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22 | ||
District 8 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | ||
District 8A | 37 | 18 | 19 | 45 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
District 9 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | ||
District 10 | 202 | 24 | 178 | 151 | 12 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 137 | ||
Utah | 42 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | ||
Virginia | 61 | 0 | 61 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 77 | ||
West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
Wyoming | 288 | 13 | 275 | 156 | 19 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 289 | 68 | ||
Total U.S. | 2,312 | 473 | 1,839 | 2,132 | 432 | 1,700 | 52 | 90 | 1,752 | 1,259 | ||
1 Companies represent a cross-section of U.S. independent operators. | ||||||||||||
2 This additional breakdown of wells already included in wildcat and field categories. | ||||||||||||
3 Includes state and federal waters. | ||||||||||||
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