01-02_USDrilling-staff_T4.htm (Feb-2001)

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Forecast of U.S. wells and footage to be drilled in 2001
		Total wells			Total footage (1,000 ft)
		2001	2000	%	2001	2000	%
State or district		Forecast	Estimate⁴	Difference	Forecast	Estimate⁴	Difference

Alabama¹		312	293	6.5	991	928	6.8
Alaska		165	132	25	1,386	1,069	29.7
Alaska-offshore²		7	3	133.3	57	24	137.5
Arkansas		207	167	24	1,231	1,030	19.5
California		2,690	2,600	3.5	7,061	6,500	8.6
California-offshore²		54	42	28.6	318	243	30.9
Colorado		900	650	38.5	3,614	2,724	32.7
Gulf of Mexico²		1,162	1,019	14	11,213	9,395	19.4
Illinois		273	236	15.7	708	606	16.8
Indiana		120	98	22.4	205	184	11.4
Kansas		1,300	1,163	11.8	4,791	4,309	11.2
Kentucky		815	630	29.4	2,127	1,619	31.4
Louisiana1		1,523	1,334	14.2	11,779	10,359	13.7
	North	905	777	16.5	5,475	4,744	15.4
	South	618	557	11	6,304	5,615	12.3
Michigan		415	400	3.8	872	764	14.1
Mississippi¹		180	137	31.4	1,640	1,226	33.8
Montana		534	507	5.3	1,841	1,830	0.6
Nebraska		55	45	22.2	267	222	20.3
New Mexico		1,962	1,803	8.8	12,047	11,197	7.6
New York		136	101	34.7	403	284	41.9
North Dakota		160	139	15.1	1,452	1,286	12.9
Ohio		673	528	27.5	2,961	2,334	26.9
Oklahoma		3,050	2,208	38.1	19,343	14,242	35.8
Pennsylvania		1,980	1,864	6.2	7,653	6,804	12.5
South Dakota		16	8	100	107	53	101.9
Tennessee		132	123	7.3	249	229	8.7
Texas¹		8,199	6,717	22.1	57,100	45,383	25.8
	District 1	256	215	19.1	1,715	1,423	20.5
	District 2	567	471	20.4	3,929	3,280	19.8
	District 3	706	559	26.3	5,969	4,612	29.4
	District 4	1,127	982	14.8	10,391	8,691	19.6
	District 5	437	323	35.3	4,130	2,897	42.6
	District 6	653	588	11.1	5,665	5,051	12.2
	District 7B	564	497	13.5	2,141	1,854	15.5
	District 7C	973	740	31.5	6,227	4,625	34.6
	District 8	1,108	839	32.1	7,479	5,424	37.9
	District 8A	537	465	15.5	3,018	2,462	22.6
	District 9	829	690	20.1	3,784	3,019	25.3
	District 10	442	348	27	2,652	2,045	29.7
Utah		434	443	– 2.0	2,202	2,259	– 2.5
Virginia		350	340	2.9	910	887	2.6
West Virginia		1,017	714	42.4	4,332	2,926	48.1
Wyoming		5,900	5,502	7.2	17,995	16,534	8.8
Others³		51	48	6.3	238	220	8.2

Total U.S.		34,772	29,994	15.9	177,093	147,670	19.9
¹ Excludes state and federal offshore wells, which are included in the GOM total. ² Includes state and federal offshore wells. ³ Includes Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada and Oregon. ⁴ 2000 estimates are based on well counts furnished by state and federal regulatory agencies,API and ODS-Petrodata Group for the Gulf of Mexico.

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