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U.S. Footage Drilled for Dry Exploratory and Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
U.S. Footage Drilled for Dry 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 43,754
  1950's 50,977 63,093 70,730 73,862 75,790 85,103 90,190 83,167 74,643 79,476
  1960's 77,361 74,716 77,253 76,307 81,360 76,629 69,636 61,142 64,737 71,364
  1970's 58,074 54,685 58,556 55,761 62,899 69,220 68,977 76,728 85,788 81,642
  1980's 99,575 134,934 123,746 105,222 119,860 100,388 60,961 53,588 52,517 42,099
  1990's 44,160 40,307 31,814 33,323 30,293 29,312 31,366 34,233 29,008 20,404
  2000's 23,193 25,047 20,316 20,968 21,666 28,549 NA

Release Date: 4/2/2008
Next Release Date: 5/2/2008

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