02-02_Outlook_USDrilling_T2.htm (Feb-2002)

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

What 140 U.S. independent drillers¹ plan for 2002
		Wells to be drilled 2002			Wells drilled 2001			Coalbed methane gas wells³
State or area		Total	Wildcat	Field	Total	Wildcat	Field	2002	2001
Alabama²		45	5	40	54	6	48	33	40
Arkansas		14	1	13	11	0	11	0	0
California		12	7	5	20	11	9	0	0
	Onshore	10	5	5	18	9	9	0	0
	Offshore	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
	Colorado	189	18	171	232	27	205	140	140
Gulf of Mexico		29	23	6	45	21	24	0	0
	Alabama²	2	1	1	3	1	2	0	0
	Louisiana	21	17	4	38	18	20	0	0
	Texas	6	5	1	4	2	2	0	0
Illinois		7	3	4	2	1	1	0	0
Indiana		13	6	7	4	0	4	0	0
Kansas		135	64	71	139	66	73	0	0
Kentucky		5	0	5	5	2	3	0	0
Louisiana²		136	47	89	156	51	105	0	0
	North	64	14	50	82	11	71	0	0
	South	72	33	39	74	40	34	0	0
Michigan		50	21	29	36	12	24	0	0
Mississippi²		14	10	4	20	14	6	0	0
Montana		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska		5	4	1	4	2	2	0	0
New Mexico		118	18	100	92	20	72	38	17
	South/East	37	15	22	30	17	13	0	0
	North/West	81	3	78	62	3	59	38	17
New York		3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
North Dakota		23	2	21	26	5	21	0	0
Ohio		48	10	38	58	10	48	0	0
Oklahoma		103	32	71	88	19	69	5	0
Pennsylvania		9	5	4	2	0	2	0	0
Tessessee		3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Texas²		229	66	163	240	67	173	0	0
	District 1	3	3	0	4	3	1	0	0
	District 2	26	15	11	19	11	8	0	0
	District 3	19	10	9	20	12	8	0	0
	District 4	36	10	26	44	9	35	0	0
	District 5	6	1	5	5	4	1	0	0
	District 6	38	7	31	44	7	37	0	0
	District 7B	4	2	2	7	4	3	0	0
	District 7C	29	4	25	29	3	26	0	0
	District 8	32	6	26	32	5	27	0	0
	District 8A	13	2	11	11	1	10	0	0
	District 9	6	5	1	7	7	0	0	0
	District 10	17	1	16	18	1	17	0	0
Utah		5	0	5	0	0	0	5	0
Virginia		25	0	25	32	0	32	0	1
West Virginia		25	3	22	10	0	10	0	0
Wyoming		3	3	0	10	4	6	0	0
Others		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Total U.S.		1,252	353	899	1,287	339	948	221	198
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 Coalbed methane well data is included in field and wildcat categories.