00-02_USDrilling-staff_T3.htm (Feb-2000)

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What 22 U.S. major drillers plan for 2000¹
Area of district	Wells to be drilled			Wells drilled			Supplemental well data⁴
	2000			1999			Horizontal		Gas
	Total	Wildcat	Field	Total	Wildcat	Field	2000	1999	2000	1999

Alabama ²	5	0	5	3	0	3	3	2	0	2
Alaska	81	0	81	95	0	95	0	0	0	3
Onshore	81	0	81	95	0	95	0	0	0	3
Offshore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arkansas	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	4
California	1,833	8	1,825	1,288	0	1,288	52	8	21	7
Onshore	1,833	8	1,825	1,288	0	1,288	52	8	21	7
Offshore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colorado	35	0	35	38	1	37	0	0	35	38
Gulf of Mexico	436	114	322	329	82	247	18	12	216	167
Alabama	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Louisiana	346	83	263	264	65	199	16	12	157	126
Texas	88	29	59	63	15	48	2	0	57	39
Kansas	51	8	43	41	5	36	0	0	34	28
Kentucky	65	5	60	57	4	53	0	0	65	57
Louisiana ²	138	22	116	133	19	114	1	4	85	93
North	71	1	70	51	4	47	0	0	53	49
South	67	21	46	82	15	67	1	4	32	44
Mississippi ²	32	0	32	21	1	20	0	0	30	3
Montana	85	1	84	60	0	60	0	0	84	60
New Mexico	349	30	319	195	13	182	30	22	134	94
South/East	249	30	219	139	12	127	30	22	92	39
North/West	100	0	100	56	1	55	0	0	42	55
North Dakota	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ohio	7	3	4	10	0	10	0	0	7	10
Oklahoma	356	21	335	249	20	229	2	2	319	205
Pennsylvania	35	20	15	35	1	34	0	0	35	35
Texas ^{2, 3}	1,274	82	1,192	1,027	56	971	97	81	817	713
District 1	33	12	21	22	2	20	0	10	37	18
District 2	28	2	26	17	0	17	0	0	12	15
District 3	75	12	63	61	8	53	13	7	43	51
District 4	264	28	236	235	11	224	0	0	229	228
District 5	108	5	103	80	3	77	0	0	92	78
District 6	119	0	119	94	14	80	0	1	109	90
District 7B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
District 7C	58	3	55	58	2	56	0	0	39	36
District 8	145	6	139	107	5	102	18	12	30	28
District 8A	172	3	169	142	2	140	24	19	6	3
District 9	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
District 10	67	6	61	48	3	45	1	1	66	48
Utah	133	0	133	88	0	88	0	0	131	88
West Virginia	161	2	159	149	0	149	0	0	161	149
Wyoming	572	18	554	371	2	369	20	9	517	320
Others	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0

Total U.S.	5,665	334	5,331	4,196	205	3,991	223	140	2,706	2,076
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 2000.
² Excludes state and federal offshore wells, which are included in the GOM total.
³ Texas totals will not add since they include some additional wells not allocated to Districts.
⁴ Supplemental well data is included in field and wildcat categories.

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