99-02_us_drilling_table5.html (Feb-1999)

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What 235 independent drillers plan for 1999¹
	Wells to be drilled			Wells drilled			Supplemental well data²
	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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