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U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Exploratory and Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
U.S. Footage Drilled for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Exploratory and Developmental Wells (Thousand Feet)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1973 11,426 10,108 11,027 10,005 11,845 11,253 11,474 13,108 11,402 12,569 12,089 11,917
  1974 12,015 10,950 12,805 13,188 13,147 12,441 13,830 12,701 12,661 13,803 12,600 13,233
  1975 14,871 12,309 14,234 14,177 14,727 14,458 15,308 16,012 15,826 17,310 15,024 16,238
  1976 17,592 14,050 15,622 14,925 14,206 15,326 14,884 16,098 15,861 16,635 15,852 15,931
  1977 15,984 15,151 18,474 16,900 17,788 18,439 17,473 19,866 18,590 20,081 18,439 18,681
  1978 18,307 15,356 19,422 20,358 20,148 20,520 19,687 21,396 20,789 22,741 20,431 19,514
  1979 19,289 15,993 18,870 17,655 19,723 19,892 19,790 22,630 21,004 24,856 22,389 22,707
  1980 25,545 21,741 23,602 23,962 25,179 27,592 27,438 27,962 28,792 29,832 27,194 28,104
  1981 35,429 28,509 32,721 32,470 34,359 34,737 35,355 37,266 36,153 36,771 33,922 37,762
  1982 39,664 32,571 38,303 33,512 31,304 29,885 29,640 31,111 28,651 29,234 27,233 29,091
  1983 30,337 24,293 26,405 22,744 24,135 24,213 25,392 27,766 27,268 29,903 29,317 28,236
  1984 32,566 29,011 29,612 26,468 31,080 32,499 32,574 33,635 30,304 32,781 31,807 31,656
  1985 31,012 26,135 29,096 26,816 25,749 24,972 26,210 27,650 24,629 25,802 21,447 24,891
  1986 27,524 22,094 21,078 17,190 12,869 11,153 11,498 11,008 10,906 12,112 11,779 13,614
  1987 13,665 11,584 11,660 11,433 11,983 12,045 13,452 14,383 14,993 16,674 14,945 15,713
  1988 14,672 13,514 13,748 12,754 12,798 13,120 13,040 12,748 12,905 13,245 11,648 12,327
  1989 11,243 8,822 9,643 10,369 10,070 10,638 11,026 12,045 11,956 12,899 12,702 13,033
  1990 13,689 11,191 11,844 11,456 12,108 12,355 13,426 13,690 13,185 15,264 13,708 14,288
  1991 13,371 12,795 13,525 12,949 11,767 12,084 12,769 12,368 10,808 12,156 10,840 10,900
  1992 10,144 8,463 9,561 9,036 9,483 9,461 9,762 10,206 11,097 12,126 11,716 12,225
  1993 11,552 11,210 11,563 10,845 10,860 11,187 11,098 11,192 11,721 12,592 12,431 12,180
  1994 11,708 9,403 10,649 10,061 10,027 10,651 10,385 11,285 11,064 11,781 11,206 10,919
  1995 11,109 10,286 10,191 9,266 9,895 9,819 10,152 10,149 10,393 10,355 9,750 9,944
  1996 10,849 9,917 9,974 9,827 11,209 10,449 11,225 12,528 11,260 12,616 12,073 11,435
  1997 11,519 11,652 11,741 12,111 12,724 13,544 13,007 13,427 14,136 14,398 13,416 13,617
  1998 12,757 12,146 12,304 11,772 11,322 11,299 11,520 10,599 9,974 10,615 8,652 8,177
  1999 7,798 6,059 5,544 5,972 7,146 7,263 7,280 8,605 9,027 9,881 10,303 9,717
  2000 10,671 10,119 11,279 10,363 11,217 11,946 12,223 14,135 12,756 14,225 12,569 13,023
  2001 14,088 13,247 14,265 14,456 15,927 15,970 16,120 17,099 14,970 17,051 14,144 12,815
  2002 13,210 11,123 11,342 10,932 11,837 11,989 12,313 13,346 12,052 13,077 12,101 11,895
  2003 12,433 11,190 13,288 14,714 14,675 14,949 15,372 16,740 16,299 16,881 15,180 15,671
  2004 14,752 13,903 16,741 15,688 17,315 17,626 17,576 18,661 19,184 18,606 17,167 17,115
  2005 17,390 17,295 19,408 19,884 20,245 21,393 20,329 22,493 20,538 21,324 20,353 19,873
  2006 22,056 20,513 23,533 21,930 23,826 25,135 22,804 25,919 24,076 25,219 24,880 23,030
  2007 23,288 22,097 25,070 23,512 25,926 25,554 26,069 27,547 24,794 27,677 25,693 24,337
  2008 25,295 24,929 26,244 26,879 27,945 28,702 29,106 28,888 28,913 31,499 29,291 26,317
  2009 26,636 22,548 22,160 17,938 14,759 16,823 16,011 17,401 15,863 16,871 16,034 15,649
  2010 18,302 16,825 20,537 20,283 21,839 23,178 25,921 25,642 23,758 26,271 24,843 24,513
  2011 22,604 20,290 23,548 23,161 24,554 27,532 28,015 29,554 28,519 29,643 28,703 28,717

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Release Date: 2/3/2012
Next Release Date: 3/2/2012

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