99-02_us_drilling_table1.html (Feb-1999)

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Forecast of 1999 U.S. wells and footage to be drilled
	Total wells			Total footage (1,000 ft)
	1999	1998	%	1999	1998	%
State or district	Forecast	Estimate⁴	Difference	Forecast	Estimate⁴	Difference

Alabama¹	142	169	– 16.0	525	720	– 27.1
Alaska	175	178	– 1.7	1,295	1,312	– 1.3
Alaska-offshore²	4	5	– 20.0	31	40	– 22.5
Arkansas	119	164	– 27.4	740	1,000	– 26.0
California	1,350	2,400	– 43.8	2,835	5,064	– 44.0
California-offshore²	32	36	– 11.1	198	223	– 11.2
Colorado	484	561	– 13.7	2,260	2,654	– 14.8
Gulf of Mexico²	797	935	– 14.8	7,575	8,789	– 13.8
Illinois	315	345	– 8.7	769	863	– 10.9
Indiana	115	140	– 17.9	183	224	– 18.3
Kansas	865	1,132	– 23.6	2,997	3,905	– 23.3
Kentucky	697	720	– 3.2	1,725	1,741	– 0.9
Louisiana¹	1,020	1,133	– 10.0	8,513	9,204	– 7.5
North	580	671	– 13.6	3,713	4,196	– 11.5
South	440	462	– 4.8	4,800	5,008	– 4.2
Michigan	558	597	– 6.5	1,032	1,069	– 3.5
Mississippi¹	178	193	– 7.8	1,663	1,808	– 8.0
Montana	312	332	– 6.0	1,490	1,539	– 3.2
Nebraska	63	70	– 10.0	310	348	– 10.9
New Mexico	969	1,244	– 22.1	5,793	7,651	– 24.3
New York	83	87	– 4.6	206	231	– 10.8
North Dakota	139	155	– 10.3	1,383	1,579	– 12.4
Ohio	487	525	– 7.2	2,170	2,347	– 7.5
Oklahoma	1,462	1,712	– 14.6	9,507	11,017	– 13.7
Pennsylvania	1,267	1,335	– 5.1	5,152	5,551	– 7.2
South Dakota	10	11	– 9.1	69	76	– 9.2
Tennessee	120	125	– 4.0	238	254	– 6.3
Texas¹	6,797	8,846	– 23.2	45,606	58,536	– 22.1
TX-1	277	353	– 21.5	1,832	2,351	– 22.1
TX-2	510	605	– 15.7	3,257	3,842	– 15.2
TX-3	525	555	– 5.4	4,250	4,403	– 3.5
TX-4	906	1,017	– 10.9	7,968	8,995	– 11.4
TX-5	193	232	– 16.8	1,734	2,114	– 18.0
TX-6	625	733	– 14.7	5,453	6,368	– 14.4
TX-7B	490	618	– 20.7	1,737	2,218	– 21.7
TX-7C	730	1,057	– 30.9	4,537	6,597	– 31.2
TX-8	1,105	1,716	– 35.6	7,442	11,574	– 35.7
TX-8A	431	763	– 43.5	2,365	4,126	– 42.7
TX-9	542	614	– 11.7	2,203	2,456	– 10.3
TX-10	463	583	– 20.6	2,828	3,492	– 19.0
Utah	301	383	– 21.4	1,540	1,965	– 21.6
Virginia	239	295	– 19.0	633	764	– 17.1
West Virginia	645	634	1.7	2,712	2,653	2.2
Wyoming	1,332	1,132	17.7	9,071	7,732	17.3
Others³	48	45	6.7	156	145	7.6

Total U.S.	21,125	25,639	– 17.6	118,377	141,004	– 16.0
¹ Excludes state and federal offshore wells, which are included in the Gulf of Mexico.
² Includes state and federal offshore wells.
³ Others include Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
⁴ 1998 estimates are based on well counts furnished by state and federal regulatory agencies,
API, and Offshore Data Services for the Gulf of Mexico.

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