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U.S. Real Cost per Foot of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Wells Drilled (Dollars per Foot)
U.S. Real Cost per Foot of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Wells Drilled (Dollars per Foot)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1960's 61.83 60.39 61.71 58.22 58.11 59.64 64.51 66.84 67.56 67.15
  1970's 68.42 65.82 68.82 70.65 83.31 97.34 100.66 109.49 123.76 136.64
  1980's 142.52 159.51 173.34 127.81 106.27 108.09 107.90 80.21 92.78 93.63
  1990's 93.23 97.86 81.35 85.20 88.07 94.70 94.74 113.01 133.69 155.33
  2000's 142.16 177.68 187.46 203.25 267.28 271.24 324.30

- = 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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