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U.S. Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Exploratory and Developmental Wells Drilled (Number of Elements)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1973
2,166
1,896
2,151
1,883
2,298
2,279
2,367
2,690
2,333
2,538
2,433
2,386
1974
2,462
2,224
2,629
2,716
2,823
2,771
2,972
2,825
2,726
3,063
2,729
2,961
1975
3,067
2,467
2,876
2,953
3,029
3,188
3,330
3,577
3,544
3,936
3,340
3,414
1976
3,891
3,024
3,373
3,256
3,157
3,447
3,213
3,647
3,502
3,588
3,406
3,351
1977
3,324
3,124
3,875
3,565
3,788
3,968
3,799
4,222
4,021
4,222
3,976
3,968
1978
3,852
3,074
3,800
4,231
4,228
4,424
4,182
4,583
4,370
4,861
4,380
4,160
1979
3,906
3,065
3,681
3,606
4,178
4,352
4,431
4,886
4,666
5,563
4,901
4,969
1980
5,694
4,781
5,060
5,207
5,543
6,173
6,248
6,525
6,551
6,864
6,219
6,340
1981
8,146
6,266
7,164
7,148
7,599
7,792
7,913
8,341
8,075
8,059
7,558
8,029
1982
8,556
6,806
7,999
7,392
6,883
6,672
6,843
7,125
6,559
6,655
6,491
6,865
1983
7,268
5,565
6,003
5,150
5,519
6,012
6,328
7,062
6,740
7,229
6,966
6,519
1984
7,225
6,536
6,398
5,953
7,040
7,811
7,694
8,051
7,259
7,449
7,459
7,253
1985
6,631
5,566
6,360
5,935
5,613
5,862
6,225
6,496
5,774
6,063
4,835
5,436
1986
6,331
4,569
4,577
3,689
2,788
2,528
2,619
2,555
2,513
2,769
2,723
2,950
1987
2,906
2,542
2,498
2,451
2,588
2,703
3,054
3,295
3,309
3,683
3,229
3,215
1988
2,944
2,721
2,750
2,625
2,798
2,833
2,669
2,760
2,653
2,789
2,363
2,438
1989
2,266
1,703
1,986
2,194
2,181
2,243
2,385
2,632
2,496
2,702
2,607
2,593
1990
2,633
2,169
2,260
2,202
2,388
2,579
2,794
2,977
2,832
3,330
2,990
2,913
1991
2,767
2,593
2,672
2,581
2,438
2,427
2,591
2,522
2,251
2,499
2,091
2,096
1992
1,948
1,633
1,814
1,697
1,764
1,779
1,911
2,002
2,112
2,381
2,202
2,365
1993
2,165
2,088
2,138
1,867
1,983
2,036
2,120
2,145
2,228
2,341
2,199
2,141
1994
1,911
1,564
1,745
1,706
1,690
1,799
1,785
2,053
2,041
2,093
1,963
1,905
1995
1,846
1,775
1,764
1,604
1,744
1,764
1,790
1,882
1,934
1,949
1,737
1,811
1996
1,850
1,744
1,751
1,765
2,040
1,851
2,075
2,216
2,028
2,387
2,155
2,024
1997
2,030
2,050
2,058
2,093
2,236
2,398
2,405
2,442
2,576
2,647
2,381
2,270
1998
2,167
2,014
1,966
1,953
1,933
2,002
2,026
1,943
1,866
1,911
1,605
1,525
1999
1,355
1,140
1,051
1,082
1,372
1,432
1,546
1,841
1,916
2,093
2,194
1,917
2000
2,072
2,022
2,181
2,029
2,322
2,442
2,556
3,007
2,666
2,902
2,445
2,424
2001
2,708
2,417
2,715
2,749
3,104
3,323
3,247
3,489
3,037
3,373
2,774
2,409
2002
2,422
2,114
2,103
2,099
2,278
2,454
2,458
2,608
2,219
2,514
2,282
2,150
2003
2,254
1,982
2,276
2,571
2,673
2,785
2,942
3,143
3,102
3,281
2,723
2,899
2004
2,545
2,490
2,895
2,832
3,039
3,154
3,190
3,466
3,547
3,437
3,057
3,119
2005
3,084
3,079
3,384
3,510
3,665
3,865
3,715
4,178
3,933
3,899
3,820
3,542
2006
3,938
3,725
4,173
3,898
4,235
4,586
4,257
4,830
4,380
4,676
4,598
4,236
2007
4,528
3,920
4,457
4,147
4,724
4,686
4,592
4,746
4,336
5,248
4,656
4,255
2008
4,532
4,418
4,569
4,688
4,914
5,196
5,324
5,445
5,280
5,767
5,066
5,021
2009
4,383
3,546
3,082
2,674
2,522
2,339
2,620
2,780
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Release Date: 10/8/2009
Next Release Date: 11/6/2009
Referring Pages:
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Exploratory and Development Wells