01-02_USDrilling-staff_T2.htm (Feb-2001)

A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.

What 148 U.S. independent drillers plan for 2001¹
		Wells to be drilled			Wells drilled			Supplemental well data³
		2001			2000			Horizontal		Gas
Area or district		Total	Wildcat	Field	Total	Wildcat	Field	2001	2000	2001	2000

Alabama²		70	16	54	32	0	32	8	2	45	43
Arkansas		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
California Onshore		57	25	32	65	28	37	9	8	25	21
Colorado		28	7	21	27	9	18	1	0	12	7
Gulf of Mexico		104	83	21	100	70	30	1	6	34	32
	Louisiana	82	69	13	77	58	19	0	1	25	31
	Texas	22	14	8	23	12	11	0	6	3	7
Illinois		26	8	18	17	4	13	1	0	0	0
Indiana		8	4	4	6	3	3	0	0	0	0
Kansas		215	80	135	150	70	80	5	3	94	64
Kentucky		3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Louisiana²		115	55	60	56	27	29	5	1	44	27
	North	27	5	22	15	5	10	0	0	15	8
	South	88	50	38	41	22	19	5	1	29	19
Michigan		48	16	32	28	12	16	0	2	40	24
Mississippi²		19	9	10	11	7	4	1	1	13	9
Montana		67	7	60	76	0	76	0	0	64	76
New Mexico		143	27	116	105	14	91	4	0	62	48
	South/East	90	24	66	70	12	58	3	0	14	14
	North/West	53	3	50	35	2	33	1	0	48	34
New York		11	1	10	2	0	2	0	1	11	0
North Dakota		29	11	18	18	8	10	16	11	0	0
Ohio		73	31	42	51	24	27	0	0	61	49
Oklahoma		157	49	108	97	38	59	2	0	124	79
Texas²		490	114	376	386	95	291	13	6	213	151
	District 1	32	5	27	12	2	10	2	1	25	10
	District 2	19	1	18	13	2	11	5	3	16	11
	District 3	39	25	14	24	15	9	0	0	8	7
	District 4	107	13	94	105	15	90	0	0	89	78
	District 5	9	4	5	7	3	4	0	0	6	4
	District 6	39	2	37	30	0	30	0	0	26	16
	District 7B	25	12	13	20	6	14	0	0	0	0
	District 7C	61	11	50	53	15	38	0	0	20	7
	District 8	92	18	74	69	17	52	5	2	3	6
	District 8A	27	5	22	23	2	21	1	0	0	0
	District 9	14	10	4	12	12	0	0	0	1	3
	District 10	26	8	18	18	6	12	0	0	17	11
Utah		14	10	4	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
West Virginia		60	10	50	32	0	32	0	0	30	3
Wyoming		42	20	22	23	6	17	10	5	18	14
Others		4	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0

Total U.S.		1,784	587	1,197	1,285	416	869	78	47	898	647
¹ Companies represent a cross-section of U.S. independent operators. ² Excludes state and federal offshore wells, which are included in the GOM total. ³ Supplemental well data is included in field and wildcat categories..