04-02_Outlook_USDrilling_T2.htm (Feb-2004)

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

What 21 major drillers¹ plan for 2004
	Wells to be drilled 2004			Wells drilled 2003			Coalbed methane gas wells²
State or area	Total	Wildcat	Field	Total	Wildcat	Field	2004	2003

Alabama–onshore	161	5	156	157	10	147	161	156
Alaska–onshore	20	8	12	11	4	7	0	0
Arkansas	12	2	10	3	1	2	0	0
California–
onshore	2,240	8	2,232	2,055	4	2,051	0	0
Colorado	1,228	2	1,226	814	4	810	1,216	803
Gulf of Mexico	269	122	147	220	104	116	0	0
Alabama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louisiana	241	106	135	195	92	103	0	0
Texas	28	16	12	25	12	13	0	0
Kansas	77	21	56	109	31	78	2	4
Louisiana³	213	31	182	182	33	149	0	0
North	137	13	124	101	6	95	0	0
South	76	18	58	81	27	54	0	0
Michigan	77	11	66	82	2	80	0	0
Mississippi	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Montana	10	0	10	28	3	25	0	4
New Mexico	738	8	730	490	8	482	446	258
North/West	597	3	594	391	4	387	446	258
South/East	141	5	136	99	4	95	0	0
New York	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
North Dakota	27	0	27	32	0	32	0	0
Ohio	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma	814	49	765	820	49	771	186	176
Pennsylvania	220	13	207	203	7	196	7	6
Texas³	2,021	61	1,960	1,889	54	1,835	0	0
District 1	2	0	2	6	0	6	0	0
District 2	48	12	36	49	13	36	0	0
District 3	98	14	84	89	17	72	0	0
District 4	161	22	139	172	17	155	0	0
District 5	145	1	144	139	1	138	0	0
District 6	231	2	229	205	2	203	0	0
District 7B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
District 7C	619	2	617	592	1	591	0	0
District 8	287	4	283	246	1	245	0	0
District 8A	90	0	90	75	0	75	0	0
District 9	114	3	111	160	0	160	0	0
District 10	226	1	225	156	2	154	0	0
Utah	126	8	118	82	0	82	0	0
West Virginia	332	9	323	202	5	197	11	0
Wyoming	895	7	888	607	6	601	450	226
Others⁴	23	3	20	1	0	1	20	1

Total US	9,522	385	9,137	7,988	325	7,663	2,499	1,634
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 2004. ² Coalbed methane well data are included in wildcat, field and total categories. ³ Excludes state and federal offshore wells, which are included in the Gulf of Mexico total. ⁴ Includes Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia.