01-02_USDrilling-staff_T3.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

California Onshore		1,852	27	1,825	1,774	8	1,766	61	54	22	7
Colorado		77	7	70	78	8	70	0	0	76	71
Gulf of Mexico		274	81	193	234	45	189	0	0	192	181
	Alabama	10	2	8	7	1	6	0	0	3	4
	Louisiana	203	58	145	164	32	132	0	0	138	117
	Texas	61	21	40	63	12	51	0	0	51	60
Kansas		76	3	73	71	5	66	0	0	79	53
Louisiana²		144	40	104	102	13	89	6	2	133	94
	North	90	7	83	85	8	77	5	2	90	85
	South	54	33	21	17	5	12	1	0	43	9
Michigan		53	0	53	50	0	50	0	1	51	49
Montana		12	9	3	5	2	3	0	3	0	0
New Mexico		208	8	200	168	17	151	0	0	58	56
	South/East	78	8	70	55	7	48	0	0	13	2
	North/West	130	0	130	113	10	103	0	0	45	54
New York		17	7	10	4	2	2	1	2	17	2
North Dakota		29	5	24	24	8	16	28	19	0	0
Ohio		57	13	44	33	10	23	0	0	35	26
Oklahoma		254	11	243	143	10	133	2	0	187	105
Pennsylvania		10	2	8	3	1	2	12	1	0	1
Texas²		685	48	637	489	44	445	72	99	466	313
	District 1	2	1	1	7	0	7	0	2	0	0
	District 2	25	4	21	17	2	15	7	0	25	17
	District 3	49	22	27	44	21	23	9	55	43	34
	District 4	229	6	223	209	9	200	0	0	225	207
	District 5	29	4	25	1	0	1	0	0	29	0
	District 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	District 7B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	District 7C	117	6	111	99	5	94	0	0	56	4
	District 8	144	2	142	52	2	50	5	5	11	4
	District 8A	8	0	8	7	0	7	0	0	0	0
	District 9	5	2	3	6	4	2	0	0	0	1
	District 10	77	1	76	47	1	46	51	37	77	46
Utah		78	1	77	94	0	94	0	0	74	93
Virginia		0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
West Virginia		201	0	201	115	0	115	0	0	80	74
Wyoming		88	1	87	70	4	66	0	6	51	45

Total U.S.		4,115	263	3,852	3,459	177	3,282	182	187	1,521	1,170
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 2001. 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.