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

Estimated U.S. dry gas reserves, 1999 vs. 1998, Bcf at 14.73 psia and 60°F
State & subdivision		Proved 12/31/98	Adjustments	Revision increases	Revision decreases	Extensions	New field discoveries	New reservoirs in old fields	Production³	Proved 12/31/99	’99 vs. ’98 % diff.

Alaska		9,927	133	3,577	3,525	2	56	23	459	9,734	– 1.9
Alabama		4,604	– 17	215	140	1	0	0	376	4,287	– 6.9
Arkansas		1,328	– 48	761	376	27	1	12	163	1,542	16.1
California		2,244	111	553	316	58	0	3	266	2,387	6.4
	Coastal region	106	– 11	69	10	46	0	0	8	192	81.1
	Los Angeles basin	149	– 1	40	15	4	0	0	9	168	12.8
	San Joaquin basin	1,945	125	398	291	8	0	3	237	1,951	0.3
	State offshore	44	– 2	46	0	0	0	0	12	76	72.7
Colorado		7,881	82	2,788	1,607	430	123	9	719	8,987	14.0
Florida		88	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	84	– 4.5
Kansas		6,402	– 152	437	479	24	6	1	486	5,753	– 10.1
Kentucky		1,222	34	230	41	30	0	19	59	1,435	17.4
Louisiana		9,147	509	2,571	2,297	316	44	373	1,421	9,242	1.0
	North	2,898	222	1,024	842	149	0	5	377	3,079	6.2
	South onshore	5,698	104	1,412	1,238	144	23	319	927	5,535	– 2.9
	State offshore	551	183	135	217	23	21	49	117	628	14.0
Michigan		2,328	12	624	478	2	0	1	234	2,255	– 3.1
Mississippi		658	34	165	120	11	0	8	79	677	2.9
Montana		782	42	98	55	15	0	0	41	841	7.5
New Mexico		14,987	394	1,882	864	560	2	27	1,539	15,449	3.1
	South/East	2,693	187	938	411	113	2	6	491	3,037	12.8
	North/West	12,294	207	944	453	447	0	21	1,048	12,412	1.0
New York		218	– 78	89	44	0	42	10	16	221	1.4
North Dakota		447	– 13	50	31	1	0	1	39	416	– 6.9
Ohio		890	– 75	401	113	8	0	162	94	1,179	32.5
Oklahoma		13,645	– 1,233	3,029	2,251	624	0	37	1,308	12,543	– 8.1
Pennsylvania		1,840	– 9	642	595	23	0	1	130	1,772	– 3.7
Texas		37,584	1,379	11,392	8,315	2,690	92	232	4,897	40,157	6.8
	District 1	1,104	– 163	287	137	19	1	4	107	1,008	– 8.7
	District 2	1,614	203	556	339	108	20	25	306	1,881	16.5
	District 3	3,961	220	932	890	429	39	35	813	3,913	– 1.2
	District 4	8,429	94	3,442	2,777	803	10	150	1,236	8,915	5.8
	District 5	1,953	52	334	203	398	3	1	219	2,319	18.7
	District 6	5,949	163	1,557	1,581	353	5	2	591	5,857	– 1.5
	District 7B	442	47	153	171	0	0	1	64	416	– 5.9
	District 7C	3,113	192	659	542	64	11	8	327	3,178	2.1
	District 8	4,857	145	1,281	514	218	2	4	559	5,434	11.9
	District 8A	807	121	479	96	45	1	0	100	1,257	55.8
	District 9	734	– 16	584	64	3	0	0	104	1,137	54.9
	District 10	4,273	279	958	888	208	0	2	408	4,424	3.5
	State offshore	348	34	170	113	42	0	0	63	418	20.1
Utah		2,388	– 56	801	322	618	4	0	220	3,213	34.5
Virginia		1,973	– 12	198	81	2	0	3	66	2,017	2.2
West Virginia		2,868	28	360	260	60	0	53	173	2,936	2.4
Wyoming		13,650	171	3,857	2,910	603	18	50	1,213	14,226	4.2
Federal offshore¹		26,902	– 283	7,406	6,405	938	1,180	1,171	4,922	25,987	– 3.4
	Pacific (California)	480	9	107	23	0	0	0	37	536	11.7
	Gulf of Mexico (Louisiana)¹	20,774	202	5,752	5,480	493	1,077	905	3,721	19,598	– 5.7
	Gulf of Mexico (Texas)	5,648	– 90	1,547	902	445	103	266	1,164	5,853	3.6
Miscellaneous²		38	28	41	38	0	0	0	3	66	73.7
Lower 48 states		154,114	849	38,590	28,138	7,041	1,512	2,173	18,469	157,672	2.3
U.S. total		164,041	982	42,167	31,663	7,043	1,568	2,196	18,928	167,406	2.1
¹Includes federal offshore Alabama. ²Includes Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota and Tennessee. ³Differs from totals in U.S. production section due to use of some API data therein. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Oil and Gas.

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