00-08_world-staff_T1.html (Aug-2000)

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Forecast of 2000 world drilling outside U.S. – comparisons with 1999 and 1998
(Data compiled by World Oil, with assistance from government agencies, industry associations, oil companies and private sources)
		2000 FORECAST		ESTIMATED WELLS DRILLED IN 1999							DRILLING 1998*
AREA AND COUNTRY		Wells	% diff. 2000–1999	Oil	Gas	Dry	Sus- pended	Service	Total wells**	Total footage	Total wells	Total footage
AREA AND COUNTRY		Wells	% diff. 2000–1999	Oil	Gas	Dry	Sus- pended	Service	Total wells**	Total footage	Total wells	Total footage

North America		44,112	53.2	7,319	14,503	5,174	1,263	532	28,791	138,608,870	34,770	177,754,144
	Canada	16,566	32.5	2,900	6,300	1,897	1,262	141	12,500	43,750,000	10,781	42,744,530
	Cuba	20	5.3	16	0	3	0	0	19	134,521	14	126,319
	Mexico	249	6.4	34	168	29	1	2	234	2,309,824	203	2,056,560
	United States	27,273	70.1	4,367	8,035	3,243	0	389	16,034	92,370,525	23,763	132,754,597
	Others	4	0.0	2	0	2	0	0	4	44,000	9	72,138
South America		2,798	49.5	1,315	101	112	116	227	1,871	12,417,434	2,668	16,890,087
	Argentina	750	33.9	443	71	46	0	0	560	3,480,813	904	5,188,993
	Bolivia	30	66.7	1	5	3	2	7	18	250,000	24	345,120
	Brazil	411	71.3	136	4	34	44	22	240	1,525,665	321	1,813,806
	Chile	3	0.0	0	2	1	0	0	3	24,000	6	48,000
	Colombia	97	16.9	57	4	8	4	10	83	714,724	108	930,000
	Ecuador	38	31.0	20	0	5	1	3	29	88,000	51	477,218
	Peru	45	114.3	13	3	5	0	0	21	145,176	60	393,002
	Trinidad & Tobago	135	48.4	59	12	6	6	8	91	445,006	93	568,513
	Venezuela	1,252	54.4	571	0	4	59	177	811	5,723,956	1,054	6,959,232
	Others	37	146.7	15	0	0	0	0	15	20,094	47	166,203
Western Europe		561	– 6.2	301	115	97	14	71	598	6,602,328	666	6,904,920
	Austria	20	5.3	11	4	4	0	0	19	122,946	28	164,286
	Denmark	27	12.5	17	3	1	1	2	24	393,421	26	416,687
	France	22	633.3	1	0	0	1	1	3	44,697	16	138,927
	Germany	23	27.8	6	7	0	3	2	18	223,866	27	281,795
	Italy	76	72.7	2	27	15	0	0	44	297,583	75	522,059
	Netherlands	24	– 31.4	2	24	9	0	0	35	427,422	59	654,560
	Norway	140	– 17.2	96	8	13	1	51	169	2,315,893	159	2,116,274
	United Kingdom	220	– 21.4	166	42	50	7	15	280	2,730,000	269	2,555,798
	Others	9	50.0	0	0	5	1	0	6	46,500	7	54,534
Eastern Europe/FSU		4,411	11.2	308	52	62	12	86	3,968	25,319,749	3,651	22,644,618
	Croatia	23	228.6	1	3	1	2	0	7	22,214	10	35,815
	Czech Republic	9	0.0	0	1	1	2	5	9	48,885	15	80,470
	FSU-Russian Federation	3,585	12.6	-----------------------------not available--------------------------					3,185	20,695,538	2,863	18,612,199
	FSU-Kazakhstan	86	48.3	39	1	12	1	5	58	324,068	93	416,814
	FSU-Others	284	8.0	-----------------------------not available--------------------------					263	2,466,986	160	1,509,531
	Hungary	25	– 26.5	12	5	8	3	6	34	184,144	43	245,440
	Poland	82	2.5	12	22	28	4	14	80	499,918	77	516,194
	Romania	297	– 4.2	239	16	0	0	55	310	915,751	352	1,014,157
	Others	20	– 9.1	5	4	12	0	1	22	162,245	38	213,998
Africa		670	4.2	441	48	79	47	28	643	5,237,189	822	6,879,293
	Algeria	57	– 37.4		23	19	0	0	91	830,830	85	776,050
	Angola	60	– 1.6	49 46	0	4	3	8	61	555,100	91	828,100
	Cameroon	10	0.0	8	0	2	0	0	10	60,000	18	108,000
	Congo	29	16.0	21	2	1	0	1	25	147,500	45	265,000
	Egypt	170	0.6	106	12	14	30	7	169	1,234,894	172	1,551,850
	Gabon	32	– 15.8	28	0	6	1	3	38	228,000	65	390,000
	Libya	100	11.1	70	2	11	2	5	90	695,122	123	950,000
	Nigeria	85	3.7	54	6	7	11	4	82	788,430	132	1,259,060
	Sudan	66	40.4	44	0	3	0	0	47	440,090	30	217,500
	Tunisia	22	83.3	6	0	6	0	0	12	115,325	17	170,130
	Others	39	116.7	9	3	6	0	0	18	141,898	44	363,603
Middle East		1,234	8.2	583	64	44	35	119	1,140	8,648,599	1,212	9,350,500
	Iran	140	4.5	84	5	0	0	45	134	947,772	124	935,367
	Iraq	12	0.0	-----------------------------not available--------------------------					12	92,000	15	120,000
	Kuwait	102	3.0	99	0	0	0	0	99	792,000	36	377,029
	Neutral Zone	51	45.7	29	0	3	0	3	35	246,750	40	281,900
	Oman	320	12.7	205	18	9	29	23	284	1,882,900	329	2,190,260
	Qatar	72	9.1	40	4	0	0	22	66	481,800	117	854,100
	Saudi Arabia	230	2.7	-----------------------------not available--------------------------					224	1,831,200	284	2,322,000
	Syria	60	1.7	-----------------------------not available--------------------------					59	501,205	63	535,000
	Turkey	30	– 11.8	7	10	16	0	1	34	173,763	45	293,570
	UAE-Abu Dhabi	90	0.0	44	18	5	3	20	90	1,085,835	65	913,900
	UAE-Dubai	9	12.5	6	0	1	0	1	8	81,200	13	132,000
	Yemen	70	32.1	40	2	7	0	4	53	362,735	44	229,295
	Others	48	14.3	29	7	3	3	0	42	169,439	37	166,079
Far East		12,392	4.8	1,035	416	172	53	156	11,827	63,561,398	11,610	62,883,091
	Brunei	37	60.9	20	1	0	2	0	23	170,475	9	77,526
	China	10,140	1.5	-----------------------------not available--------------------------					9,995	53,495,000	9,800	51,800,000
	India	369	15.7	172	34	66	40	7	319	2,509,190	295	2,094,770
	Indonesia	1,359	29.3	715	139	55	0	142	1,051	3,452,645	1,004	4,231,004
	Malaysia	65	8.3	49	10	1	0	0	60	531,127	87	821,361
	Myanmar	52	10.6	10	14	22	1	0	47	205,437	58	333,708
	Pakistan	55	10.0	15	18	15	0	2	50	327,500	56	366,800
	Philippines	11	266.7	0	2	1	0	0	3	16,059	3	25,044
	Thailand	226	11.3	18	167	5	10	3	203	2,140,505	221	2,397,621
	Viet Nam	43	7.5	30	7	3	0	0	40	415,960	37	384,763
	Others	35	– 2.8	6	24	4	0	2	36	297,500	40	350,494
South Pacific		217	– 3.6	64	54	87	14	6	225	1,768,007	296	2,295,541
	Australia	200	– 1.0	57	51	81	7	6	202	1,574,562	265	2,065,368
	New Zealand	11	0.0	2	1	2	6	0	11	73,109	16	123,994
	Papua New Guinea	6	– 50.0	5	2	4	1	0	12	120,336	15	106,179

World Total		66,395	35.3	11,366	15,353	5,827	1,554	1,225	49,063	262,163,574	55,695	305,602,194
* Revised ** Note: 1999 well totals will not equal sum of breakdown categories due to lack of data in some countries.

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