August 2001
Supplement
01-08_world-staff_T1.htm (Aug-2001)
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
Forecast of 2001 world drilling comparisons with 2000 and 1999 | ||||||||||||||
(Data compiled by World Oil, with assistance from government agencies, industry associations, oil companies and private sources.) | ||||||||||||||
2001 Forecast |
Estimated wells
drilled in 2000 |
Drilling in 1999* |
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Area and country | Wells |
% diff. 2001 2000 |
Oil | Gas | Dry | Suspended | Service | Total Wells |
** | Total Footage |
Total Wells |
Total Footage |
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North America | 55,700 | 32.1 | 12,287 | 22,039 | 5,619 | 557 | 1,677 | 42,179 | 194,091,011 | 31,946 | 147,949,756 | |||
Canada | 19,455 | 5.3 | 5,706 | 9,078 | 2,143 | 556 | 997 | 18,480 | 66,464,227 | 12,500 | 43,750,000 | |||
Cuba | 27 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 187,500 | 19 | 134,700 | |||
Mexico | 380 | 53.8 | 15 | 197 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 247 | 2,384,050 | 234 | 2,382,747 | |||
United States | 35,834 | 53.0 | 6,542 | 12,764 | 3,446 | 0 | 672 | 23,424 | *** | 125,010,234 | 19,189 | 101,638,309 | ||
Others | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45,000 | 4 | 44,000 | |||
South America | 3,068 | 1.7 | 2,351 | 136 | 210 | 104 | 320 | 3,121 | 21,236,368 | 1,951 | 12,819,985 | |||
Argentina | 1,200 | 14.0 | 873 | 94 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 1,053 | 6,900,179 | 522 | 3,389,024 | |||
Bolivia | 45 | 18.2 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 554,975 | 55 | 432,107 | |||
Brazil | 419 | 1.6 | 238 | 13 | 68 | 50 | 57 | 426 | 2,374,531 | 274 | 1,676,076 | |||
Chile | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20,277 | 7 | 48,916 | |||
Colombia | 116 | 10.5 | 72 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 105 | 904,169 | 83 | 714,724 | |||
Ecuador | 54 | 12.5 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 270,000 | 34 | 204,000 | |||
Peru | 54 | 50.0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 292,717 | 21 | 145,176 | |||
Trinidad & Tobago | 144 | 10.8 | 109 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 130 | 468,786 | 91 | 445,006 | |||
Venezuela | 977 | 21.7 | 950 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 240 | 1,247 | 9,415,734 | 827 | 5,723,956 | |||
Others | 57 | 216.7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 35,000 | 37 | 41,000 | |||
Western Europe | 675 | 0.6 | 348 | 135 | 82 | 27 | 79 | 671 | 7,342,895 | 602 | 6,613,934 | |||
Austria | 16 | 23.8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 147,600 | 19 | 122,946 | |||
Denmark | 36 | 24.1 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 507,416 | 24 | 393,272 | |||
France | 26 | 160.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 102,984 | 3 | 44,697 | |||
Germany | 23 | 76.9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 141,756 | 18 | 223,866 | |||
Italy | 62 | 12.7 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 332,965 | 44 | 297,583 | |||
Netherlands | 36 | 20.0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 334,347 | 35 | 427,422 | |||
Norway | 203 | 0.5 | 119 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 54 | 202 | 2,830,253 | 171 | 2,315,188 | |||
United Kingdom | 262 | 12.7 | 179 | 46 | 45 | 10 | 20 | 300 | 2,876,400 | 280 | 2,730,000 | |||
Others | 11 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 69,174 | 8 | 58,960 | |||
Eastern Europe/FSU | 5,021 | 23.6 | 182 | 97 | 63 | 16 | 18 | 4,063 | 34,682,728 | 3,068 | 21,709,925 | |||
Croatia | 20 | 33.3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 114,740 | 7 | 22,214 | |||
Czech Republic | 20 | 11.1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 98,475 | 15 | 62,706 | |||
FSU-Russian Federation | 4,075 | 19.7 | Not available | 3,405 | 30,511,003 | 2,385 | 17,924,352 | |||||||
FSU-Others | 446 | 58.2 | Not available | 282 | 2,384,505 | 225 | 2,033,573 | |||||||
Hungary | 20 | 17.6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 109,021 | 34 | 184,144 | |||
Poland | 68 | 30.8 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 339,446 | 76 | 469,439 | |||
Romania | 359 | 44.8 | 166 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 248 | 1,072,011 | 310 | 915,751 | |||
Others | 13 | 18.2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 53,527 | 16 | 97,746 | |||
Africa | 806 | 14.7 | 458 | 71 | 115 | 48 | 11 | 703 | 5,751,607 | 668 | 5,579,109 | |||
Algeria | 171 | 24.8 | 74 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 1,392,066 | 134 | 1,283,042 | |||
Angola | 40 | 0.0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 370,066 | 61 | 555,100 | |||
Congo | 10 | 28.6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 75,000 | 25 | 147,500 | |||
Egypt | 241 | 21.1 | 118 | 21 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 199 | 1,350,095 | 169 | 1,234,894 | |||
Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 30.8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 93,100 | 7 | 50,145 | |||
Gabon | 30 | 25.0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 144,000 | 21 | 126,000 | |||
Libya | 65 | 18.8 | 62 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 80 | 617,880 | 90 | 695,122 | |||
Nigeria | 90 | 5.9 | 62 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 85 | 791,400 | 82 | 788,430 | |||
Sudan | 65 | 18.2 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 515,000 | 47 | 440,090 | |||
Tunisia | 24 | 60.0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 114,546 | 12 | 115,325 | |||
Others | 61 | 48.8 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 288,454 | 20 | 143,461 | |||
Middle East | 1,367 | 6.6 | 685 | 73 | 39 | 10 | 141 | 1,282 | 9,392,873 | 1,132 | 8,343,628 | |||
Iran | 150 | 0.0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 150 | 945,194 | 134 | 947,772 | |||
Iraq | 16 | 14.3 | Not available | 14 | 98,000 | 12 | 92,000 | |||||||
Kuwait | 120 | 13.0 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 138 | 1,045,771 | 99 | 792,000 | |||
Neutral Zone | 45 | 12.5 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 280,800 | 35 | 246,750 | |||
Oman | 345 | 7.8 | 248 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 320 | 2,300,985 | 284 | 1,882,900 | |||
Qatar | 60 | 9.1 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 66 | 489,036 | 66 | 481,800 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 293 | 14.0 | Not available | 257 | 2,068,500 | 224 | 1,831,200 | |||||||
Syria | 80 | 27.0 | Not available | 63 | 535,500 | 59 | 501,205 | |||||||
Turkey | 34 | 13.3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 180,091 | 30 | 145,466 | |||
UAE-Abu Dhabi | 82 | 2.5 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 80 | 730,000 | 90 | 821,400 | |||
UAE-Dubai | 8 | 14.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 63,000 | 8 | 79,400 | |||
Yemen | 90 | 12.5 | 63 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 492,000 | 53 | 362,735 | |||
Others | 44 | 18.9 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 163,996 | 38 | 159,000 | |||
Far East | 12,376 | 3.9 | 1,145 | 306 | 158 | 67 | 180 | 11,911 | 64,260,998 | 11,811 | 63,480,839 | |||
Brunei | 31 | 63.2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 159,208 | 23 | 170,475 | |||
China | 10,210 | 1.5 | Not available | 10,055 | 53,816,000 | 9,995 | 53,495,000 | |||||||
India | 345 | 6.2 | 176 | 36 | 55 | 46 | 12 | 325 | 2,556,385 | 319 | 2,509,190 | |||
Indonesia | 1,323 | 26.5 | 777 | 56 | 42 | 9 | 162 | 1,046 | 3,476,753 | 1,051 | 3,452,645 | |||
Malaysia | 65 | 3.2 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 557,683 | 60 | 531,127 | |||
Myanmar | 53 | 23.3 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 185,169 | 47 | 205,437 | |||
Pakistan | 60 | 53.8 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 293,258 | 33 | 258,211 | |||
Philippines | 6 | 45.5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 93,161 | 3 | 16,059 | |||
Thailand | 185 | 19.2 | 60 | 146 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 229 | 2,375,136 | 203 | 2,140,505 | |||
Viet Nam | 50 | 11.1 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 467,955 | 40 | 415,960 | |||
Others | 48 | 33.3 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 280,290 | 37 | 286,230 | |||
South Pacific | 269 | 18.0 | 64 | 101 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 228 | 1,672,871 | 198 | 1,553,256 | |||
Australia | 240 | 18.8 | 55 | 94 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 202 | 1,428,534 | 176 | 1,369,525 | |||
New Zealand | 24 | 14.3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 197,000 | 11 | 105,000 | |||
Papua New Guinea | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47,337 | 11 | 78,731 | |||
World Total | 79,282 | 23.6 | 17,520 | 22,958 | 6,343 | 834 | 2,427 | 64,158 | 338,431,351 | 51,376 | 268,050,432 | |||
* Revised ** Note: 2000 well totals will not equal sum of breakdown categories due to lack of data in some countries. ***API counts subject to further revision. |
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