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U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Exploratory and Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Exploratory and Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1973 11,426 10,108 11,027 10,005 11,845 11,253 11,474 13,108 11,402 12,569 12,089 11,917
  1974 12,015 10,950 12,805 13,188 13,147 12,441 13,830 12,701 12,661 13,803 12,600 13,233
  1975 14,871 12,309 14,234 14,177 14,727 14,458 15,308 16,012 15,826 17,310 15,024 16,238
  1976 17,592 14,050 15,622 14,925 14,206 15,326 14,884 16,098 15,861 16,635 15,852 15,931
  1977 15,984 15,151 18,474 16,900 17,788 18,439 17,473 19,866 18,590 20,081 18,439 18,681
  1978 18,307 15,356 19,422 20,358 20,148 20,520 19,687 21,396 20,789 22,741 20,431 19,514
  1979 19,289 15,993 18,870 17,655 19,723 19,892 19,790 22,630 21,004 24,856 22,389 22,707
  1980 25,545 21,741 23,602 23,962 25,179 27,592 27,438 27,962 28,792 29,832 27,194 28,104
  1981 35,429 28,509 32,721 32,470 34,359 34,737 35,355 37,266 36,153 36,771 33,922 37,762
  1982 39,664 32,571 38,303 33,512 31,304 29,885 29,640 31,111 28,651 29,234 27,233 29,091
  1983 30,337 24,293 26,405 22,744 24,135 24,213 25,392 27,766 27,268 29,903 29,317 28,236
  1984 32,566 29,011 29,612 26,468 31,080 32,499 32,574 33,635 30,304 32,781 31,807 31,656
  1985 31,012 26,135 29,096 26,816 25,749 24,972 26,210 27,650 24,629 25,802 21,447 24,891
  1986 27,524 22,094 21,078 17,190 12,869 11,153 11,498 11,008 10,906 12,112 11,779 13,614
  1987 13,665 11,584 11,660 11,433 11,983 12,045 13,452 14,383 14,993 16,674 14,945 15,713
  1988 14,672 13,514 13,748 12,754 12,798 13,120 13,040 12,748 12,905 13,245 11,648 12,327
  1989 11,243 8,822 9,643 10,369 10,070 10,638 11,026 12,045 11,956 12,899 12,702 13,033
  1990 13,689 11,191 11,844 11,456 12,108 12,355 13,426 13,690 13,185 15,264 13,708 14,288
  1991 13,371 12,795 13,525 12,949 11,767 12,084 12,769 12,368 10,808 12,156 10,840 10,900
  1992 10,144 8,463 9,561 9,036 9,483 9,461 9,762 10,206 11,097 12,126 11,716 12,225
  1993 11,552 11,210 11,563 10,845 10,860 11,187 11,098 11,192 11,721 12,592 12,431 12,180
  1994 11,708 9,403 10,649 10,061 10,027 10,651 10,385 11,285 11,064 11,781 11,206 10,919
  1995 11,109 10,286 10,191 9,266 9,895 9,819 10,152 10,149 10,393 10,355 9,750 9,944
  1996 10,849 9,917 9,974 9,827 11,209 10,449 11,225 12,528 11,260 12,616 12,073 11,435
  1997 11,519 11,652 11,741 12,111 12,724 13,544 13,007 13,427 14,136 14,398 13,416 13,617
  1998 12,757 12,146 12,304 11,772 11,322 11,299 11,520 10,599 9,974 10,615 8,652 8,177
  1999 7,798 6,059 5,544 5,972 7,146 7,263 7,280 8,605 9,027 9,881 10,303 9,717
  2000 10,696 10,107 11,261 10,342 11,177 11,954 12,151 14,045 12,762 14,156 12,521 13,016
  2001 14,032 13,245 14,271 14,427 15,909 15,930 16,088 17,060 14,921 17,024 14,046 12,775
  2002 13,189 11,095 11,272 10,874 11,841 11,983 12,309 13,286 11,953 13,098 12,054 11,927
  2003 12,410 11,189 13,245 14,655 14,618 14,904 15,317 16,682 16,351 16,808 15,178 15,680
  2004 14,762 13,886 16,746 15,682 17,180 17,544 17,499 18,690 19,064 18,594 17,106 17,079
  2005 17,330 17,317 19,391 19,840 20,197 21,330 20,298 22,522 20,359 21,266 20,416 19,927
  2006 21,881 20,563 23,437 21,738 23,735 25,121 22,868 26,200 24,478 26,251 26,123 24,131
  2007 26,746 24,324 27,673 25,799 29,150 27,224 27,542 28,008 25,539 30,872 27,883 25,350
  2008 27,009 26,214 27,101 27,742 28,990 30,570 31,400 32,112 31,065 33,805 29,689 29,341
  2009 25,734 20,809 18,111 15,668 14,819 13,696 15,163 15,493

- = No Data Reported;  -- = Not Applicable;  NA = Not Available;  W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Release Date: 10/8/2009
Next Release Date: 11/6/2009

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