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U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil Exploratory and Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil Exploratory and 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 79,428
  1950's 92,695 95,106 98,148 102,136 113,362 121,148 120,352 110,043 93,105 94,611
  1960's 86,568 85,626 88,431 81,809 80,463 73,322 67,340 58,634 59,517 61,582
  1970's 56,859 49,109 49,269 44,416 52,025 66,819 68,892 75,451 77,041 82,688
  1980's 125,262 172,167 149,674 136,849 162,653 137,728 76,825 66,358 58,639 43,266
  1990's 55,269 55,268 44,851 43,922 37,270 39,125 42,196 51,466 34,340 18,860
  2000's 33,777 38,716 27,869 35,220 36,691 46,011 60,494 80,086

- = 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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