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Table T11.  U.S. Net Wells Completed for FRS Companies and Industry, and Net In-Progress Wells                       at Year End for FRS Companies, 2001-2007
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Net Wells Completed During Year for FRS Companies
Onshore
Net Exploratory Wells
Dry Holes	122	119	93	86	65	64	69
Oil Wells	59	21	19	27	29	12	57
Natural Gas Wells	351	164	164	226	294	360	509
Total Exploratory Wells	533	304	275	338	388	435	635
Net Development Wells
Dry Holes	266	220	225	197	222	184	139
Oil Wells	1,815	1,187	1,567	2,005	2,006	2,274	1,875
Natural Gas Wells	5,226	4,982	5,539	6,246	7,248	8,737	8,991
Total Development Wells	7,307	6,389	7,331	8,448	9,476	11,194	11,005
Offshore
Net Exploratory Wells
Dry Holes	63	52	43	39	33	30	25
Oil Wells	39	35	20	11	11	10	5
Natural Gas Wells	63	53	36	29	24	22	15
Total Exploratory Wells	165	140	98	78	67	63	44
Net Development Wells
Dry Holes	38	38	13	14	16	15	12
Oil Wells	240	135	95	85	99	102	90
Natural Gas Wells	170	134	75	73	56	62	49
Total Development Wells	448	307	183	172	172	178	151
Total United States
Net Exploratory Wells
Dry Holes	185	171	135	125	98	94	93
Oil Wells	98	56	38	37	39	22	62
Natural Gas Wells	415	217	199	254	318	383	523
Total Exploratory Wells	698	443	373	416	455	498	679
Net Development Wells
Dry Holes	305	259	238	211	239	199	151
Oil Wells	2,054	1,321	1,662	2,090	2,105	2,375	1,965
Gas Wells	5,396	5,116	5,614	6,319	7,304	8,798	9,039
Total Development Wells	7,755	6,696	7,514	8,620	9,648	11,373	11,155
Number of Net Wells Completed During Year for Total Industry
Net Exploratory Wells
Dry Holes	1,716	1,283	1,266	1,200	1,577	1,870	1,455
Oil Wells	330	239	326	353	429	576	747
Natural Gas Wells	972	701	892	1,323	1,452	1,559	3,307
Total Exploratory Wells	3,018	2,223	2,484	2,876	3,458	4,005	5,509
Net Development Wells
Dry Holes	2,716	2,327	2,422	2,274	3,067	3,711	3,200
Oil Wells	7,856	5,987	7,139	7,350	9,404	11,763	11,796
Natural Gas Wells	20,431	16,027	18,630	20,493	25,945	30,028	27,996
Total Development Wells	31,003	24,341	28,191	30,117	38,418	45,502	42,992
Number of Net In-Progress Wells At Year End for FRS Companies
Onshore
Exploratory Wells	85	66	84	126	134	184	190
Development Wells	1,052	1,315	1,209	1,785	2,162	2,133	2,373
Total In-Progress Wells	1,138	1,381	1,293	1,911	2,295	2,317	2,563
Offshore
Exploratory Wells	56	55	46	52	58	25	25
Development Wells	63	47	78	108	87	73	84
Total In-Progress Wells	118	102	124	159	145	98	109
Total United States
Exploratory Wells	141	120	130	177	192	209	215
Development Wells	1,115	1,362	1,286	1,893	2,249	2,206	2,457
Total In-Progress Wells	1,256	1,482	1,416	2,071	2,441	2,415	2,672
Note: Sum of components may not equal total due to independent rounding.
Sources: Industry data - Energy Information Adminstration, Monthly Energy Review, October 2008, Table 5.2. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Wells Drilled.
FRS companies' data - Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-28 (Financial Reporting System).