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U.S. Crude Oil Exploratory Wells Drilled (Number of Elements)
U.S. Crude Oil Exploratory Wells Drilled (Number of Elements)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1940's 1,406
  1950's 1,583 1,763 1,776 1,981 1,985 2,236 2,267 1,945 1,745 1,702
  1960's 1,321 1,157 1,211 1,314 1,219 946 1,196 986 954 1,084
  1970's 757 659 685 642 859 982 1,086 1,164 1,171 1,321
  1980's 1,777 2,651 2,437 2,030 2,209 1,680 1,084 926 855 607
  1990's 664 601 498 509 579 549 496 434 286 156
  2000's 267 330 239 326 368 448 576 634

Release Date: 9/2/2008
Next Release Date: 10/2/2008

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