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U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Exploratory Wells (Thousand Feet)
U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Exploratory 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 34,798
  1950's 40,175 49,344 55,615 60,664 59,601 69,206 74,337 69,181 61,484 63,253
  1960's 55,831 54,442 53,616 53,485 55,497 49,204 55,709 47,839 50,958 57,466
  1970's 43,530 41,895 44,956 45,618 51,315 54,677 53,617 57,949 65,197 63,096
  1980's 74,288 101,808 88,856 69,690 80,853 65,602 42,305 37,462 37,357 30,270
  1990's 30,971 26,907 19,968 21,016 23,060 20,859 21,358 21,532 17,042 12,029
  2000's 15,457 20,542 15,210 16,491 18,900 18,503 NA

- = No Data Reported;  -- = Not Applicable;  NA = Not Available;  W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Release Date: 10/2/2008
Next Release Date: 11/3/2008

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