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U.S. Net Drilling Footage and Net Producing Wells For FRS Companies and Industry

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

FRS Companies

Onshore

(thousand feet)

Exploratory Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

1,714

921

955

1,085

1,000

823

821

640

660

615

Oil Well Footage

406

312

199

397

141

152

273

374

132

899

Natural Gas Well Footage

1,548

1,150

1,399

2,016

1,284

1,655

2,213

3,019

2,988

4,194

Total Exploratory Footage

3,668

2,383

2,553

3,498

2,425

2,630

3,307

4,033

3,780

5,708

Development Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

1,939

1,252

1,597

2,029

1,716

1,507

1,475

1,599

1,403

932

Oil Well Footage

12,513

4,449

9,374

9,435

6,928

8,716

10,352

10,314

12,705

9,856

Natural Gas Well Footage

16,521

12,291

20,516

26,653

32,078

40,507

44,999

53,568

65,745

74,612

Total Development Footage

30,973

17,992

31,487

38,117

40,722

50,730

56,827

65,481

79,853

85,400

Offshore

Exploratory Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

1,345

848

1,151

1,004

652

628

632

616

507

410

Oil Well Footage

443

434

364

551

589

289

167

184

180

114

Natural Gas Well Footage

1,285

1,002

1,141

759

697

504

391

309

303

159

Total Exploratory Footage

3,073

2,284

2,656

2,314

1,938

1,421

1,191

1,110

990

683

Development Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

344

199

411

353

369

165

163

161

135

109

Oil Well Footage

1,428

1,280

1,505

2,260

1,362

1,216

833

966

895

1,044

Natural Gas Well Footage

1,398

1,295

1,899

1,917

1,370

905

834

685

746

531

Total Development Footage

3,170

2,774

3,815

4,530

3,101

2,286

1,830

1,812

1,776

1,684

Total United States

Exploratory Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

3,059

1,769

2,107

2,089

1,652

1,451

1,453

1,256

1,167

1,025

Oil Well Footage

849

746

563

948

730

441

440

558

312

1,013

Natural Gas Well Footage

2,833

2,152

2,540

2,775

1,981

2,159

2,605

3,328

3,291

4,353

Total Exploratory Footage

6,741

4,667

5,209

5,812

4,363

4,051

4,498

5,142

4,770

6,391

Development Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

2,283

1,451

2,008

2,382

2,085

1,672

1,638

1,760

1,538

1,041

Oil Well Footage

13,941

5,729

10,879

11,695

8,290

9,932

11,185

11,280

13,600

10,900

Natural Gas Well Footage

17,919

13,586

22,415

28,570

33,448

41,412

45,833

54,253

66,491

75,143

Total Development Footage

34,143

20,766

35,303

42,647

43,823

53,016

58,656

67,293

81,629

87,084

Total Industry

Exploratory Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

12,398

7,646

8,965

11,312

8,587

8,826

N/A

Oil Well Footage

2,505

1,045

1,918

2,435

1,611

1,996

N/A

Natural Gas Well Footage

4,196

3,315

4,518

6,909

5,062

5,912

N/A

Total Exploratory Footage

19,098

12,006

15,422

20,656

15,260

16,734

N/A

Development Well Footage

Dry Hole Footage

18,005

12,508

14,145

14,013

12,098

14,739

N/A

Oil Well Footage

32,125

17,705

31,681

36,334

26,401

30,002

N/A

Natural Gas Well Footage

70,746

52,204

75,736

102,922

87,326

110,559

N/A

Total Development Footage

120,875

82,417

121,563

153,269

125,825

155,300

N/A

Number of Net Producing Wells
for FRS Companies

(number of wells)

Onshore

Oil Wells

69,401

58,987

68,274

66,667

69,021

71,863

69,048

67,632

74,817

74,223

Natural Gas Wells

49,429

44,880

64,696

82,083

89,102

105,439

116,741

125,681

137,862

135,330

Total Producing Wells

118,830

103,867

132,970

148,750

158,123

177,302

185,789

193,313

212,679

209,553

Offshore

Oil Wells

3,421

2,855

3,536

4,738

4,384

3,777

3,187

2,562

2,453

2,647

Natural Gas Wells

2,737

2,707

3,111

3,606

3,011

2,306

2,264

1,697

1,317

1,196

Total Producing Wells

6,158

5,562

6,647

8,344

7,395

6,083

5,450

4,258

3,770

3,843

Total United States

Oil Wells

72,822

61,842

71,810

71,405

73,405

75,640

72,234

70,193

77,270

76,870

Natural Gas Wells

52,166

47,587

67,807

85,689

92,113

107,744

119,005

127,378

139,179

136,526

Total Producing Wells

124,987

109,429

139,617

157,094

165,518

183,384

191,239

197,571

216,450

213,396