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U.S. Footage Drilled for Dry Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
U.S. Footage Drilled for Dry Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1940's 17,315
  1950's 20,020 24,370 26,999 26,582 29,998 31,883 32,143 29,747 27,343 30,800
  1960's 33,826 31,423 35,030 33,460 36,782 36,548 26,552 22,960 23,162 25,446
  1970's 22,951 20,186 22,475 21,190 24,296 28,772 31,008 35,905 39,493 39,130
  1980's 49,326 65,720 63,066 56,233 61,236 52,784 30,636 26,842 25,438 20,152
  1990's 22,383 20,977 17,831 18,819 15,661 15,767 17,561 20,128 17,946 12,756
  2000's 14,169 13,882 11,757 12,677 11,922 13,243 18,425 21,699

- = 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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