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Monthly
Annual
U.S. Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Developmental Wells Drilled (Count)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1973
1,510
1,372
1,598
1,406
1,697
1,654
1,680
1,923
1,673
1,828
1,777
1,641
1974
1,832
1,597
1,969
2,013
2,056
2,030
2,179
2,046
1,965
2,237
1,926
2,169
1975
2,263
1,852
2,119
2,224
2,288
2,465
2,498
2,756
2,770
3,044
2,524
2,559
1976
2,993
2,291
2,563
2,523
2,468
2,689
2,495
2,882
2,728
2,810
2,619
2,590
1977
2,584
2,450
3,080
2,814
2,982
3,138
2,999
3,385
3,106
3,268
3,024
3,027
1978
2,976
2,326
2,939
3,341
3,334
3,520
3,240
3,659
3,445
3,803
3,452
3,203
1979
3,120
2,390
2,877
2,832
3,386
3,459
3,550
3,915
3,701
4,477
3,894
3,938
1980
4,667
3,856
4,149
4,266
4,603
5,085
5,154
5,368
5,331
5,654
5,047
5,068
1981
6,700
5,096
5,849
5,830
6,198
6,345
6,400
6,726
6,508
6,445
6,029
6,391
1982
6,911
5,502
6,521
6,052
5,645
5,384
5,572
5,814
5,317
5,367
5,320
5,572
1983
5,976
4,521
4,906
4,202
4,421
4,886
5,174
5,847
5,503
5,941
5,744
5,405
1984
5,858
5,362
5,267
4,961
5,858
6,387
6,280
6,633
5,991
6,172
6,254
6,047
1985
5,441
4,598
5,317
4,940
4,644
4,916
5,198
5,422
4,845
5,134
4,082
4,425
1986
5,220
3,783
3,791
3,037
2,228
2,051
2,094
2,066
2,085
2,288
2,195
2,325
1987
2,312
2,099
2,013
1,955
2,096
2,203
2,512
2,707
2,662
2,996
2,610
2,574
1988
2,413
2,259
2,238
2,091
2,278
2,310
2,126
2,213
2,146
2,176
1,861
1,919
1989
1,815
1,361
1,591
1,787
1,783
1,847
1,968
2,186
2,009
2,184
2,107
2,103
1990
2,178
1,842
1,886
1,790
2,022
2,142
2,328
2,507
2,413
2,813
2,555
2,441
1991
2,388
2,215
2,286
2,194
2,099
2,048
2,159
2,117
1,923
2,111
1,717
1,736
1992
1,643
1,392
1,531
1,389
1,454
1,492
1,563
1,673
1,820
2,095
1,945
2,136
1993
1,922
1,836
1,892
1,572
1,723
1,720
1,789
1,840
1,915
1,997
1,861
1,825
1994
1,596
1,358
1,464
1,419
1,393
1,448
1,460
1,705
1,717
1,772
1,600
1,539
1995
1,513
1,508
1,485
1,352
1,481
1,490
1,503
1,607
1,609
1,651
1,444
1,546
1996
1,558
1,508
1,507
1,522
1,716
1,574
1,747
1,902
1,783
2,077
1,884
1,775
1997
1,772
1,826
1,836
1,846
1,980
2,143
2,159
2,185
2,260
2,333
2,098
1,993
1998
1,917
1,813
1,773
1,761
1,710
1,754
1,802
1,752
1,676
1,708
1,433
1,367
1999
1,215
1,035
965
975
1,230
1,288
1,394
1,673
1,728
1,887
1,982
1,725
2000
1,829
1,777
1,945
1,839
2,051
2,123
2,285
2,654
2,343
2,544
2,150
2,102
2001
2,373
2,127
2,433
2,392
2,702
2,943
2,811
3,091
2,662
2,953
2,419
2,097
2002
2,172
1,867
1,871
1,894
1,998
2,185
2,210
2,296
1,916
2,128
1,979
1,825
2003
2,004
1,718
1,980
2,262
2,326
2,451
2,517
2,729
2,607
2,818
2,314
2,465
2004
2,166
2,124
2,417
2,411
2,489
2,486
2,353
2,644
2,995
2,552
2,812
2,756
2005
2,774
2,763
2,984
3,026
3,174
3,266
3,315
3,402
3,204
3,343
3,203
2,953
2006
3,328
3,392
3,595
3,712
3,755
3,856
3,915
4,060
4,041
3,988
3,935
3,925
2007
3,934
3,968
4,026
4,039
4,032
4,073
4,088
4,187
4,137
4,133
4,258
4,272
2008
4,112
4,163
4,251
4,349
4,453
Updated on 7/1/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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