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U.S. Footage Drilled for Natural Gas Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
U.S. Footage Drilled for Natural Gas 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 10,028
  1950's 11,329 11,451 11,863 14,296 14,458 14,718 17,559 17,869 20,083 20,575
  1960's 22,780 24,042 23,762 20,303 21,394 21,174 20,140 17,602 16,975 19,177
  1970's 19,945 19,850 25,159 31,007 30,766 36,032 39,992 53,431 64,043 67,825
  1980's 78,244 91,274 92,386 67,844 81,545 68,149 39,638 37,520 40,371 44,417
  1990's 52,001 47,045 43,866 57,909 56,856 49,159 55,862 65,612 64,160 52,031
  2000's 75,117 101,528 86,746 107,070 125,235 150,732 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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