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Number of Producing Gas Wells
Period:
 Annual 
Area
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 View
History
U.S.
440,516 452,945 476,652 493,100 487,627 514,637 1989-2011
Alabama
6,227 6,591 6,860 6,913 7,026 7,063 1989-2011
Alaska
231 239 261 261 269 277 1989-2011
Arizona
7 7 6 6 5 5 1989-2011
Arkansas
3,814 4,773 5,592 6,314 7,397 8,388 1989-2011
California
1,451 1,540 1,645 1,643 1,580 1,308 1989-2011
Colorado
20,568 22,949 25,716 27,021 28,813 30,101 1989-2011
Gulf of Mexico
2,419 2,552 1,527 1,984 1,852 1,559 1998-2011
Illinois
316 43 45 51 50 40 1989-2011
Indiana
2,336 2,350 525 563 620 914 1989-2011
Kansas
19,713 19,713 17,862 21,243 22,145 25,758 1989-2011
Kentucky
15,892 16,563 16,290 17,152 17,670 14,632 1989-2011
Louisiana
17,459 18,145 19,213 18,860 19,137 21,235 1989-2011
Maryland
7 7 7 7 7 8 1989-2011
Michigan
9,200 9,712 9,995 10,600 10,100 11,100 1989-2011
Mississippi
1,836 2,315 2,343 2,320 1,979 5,732 1989-2011
Missouri
0 0 0 0 0 53 1989-2011
Montana
6,578 6,925 7,095 7,031 6,059 6,477 1989-2011
Nebraska
114 186 322 285 276 322 1989-2011
Nevada
4 4 0 0 0 0 1996-2011
New Mexico
41,634 42,644 44,241 44,784 44,748 32,302 1989-2011
New York
5,985 6,680 6,675 6,628 6,736 6,157 1989-2011
North Dakota
200 200 194 196 188 239 1989-2011
Ohio
33,945 34,416 34,416 34,963 34,931 46,717 1989-2011
Oklahoma
38,060 38,364 41,921 43,600 44,000 41,238 1989-2011
Oregon
14 18 21 24 26 24 1989-2011
Pennsylvania
49,750 52,700 55,631 57,356 44,500 54,347 1989-2011
South Dakota
69 71 71 89 102 100 1989-2011
Tennessee
330 305 285 310 230 210 1989-2011
Texas
74,265 76,436 87,556 93,507 95,014 100,966 1989-2011
Utah
4,858 5,197 5,578 5,774 6,075 6,469 1989-2011
Virginia
5,179 5,735 6,426 7,303 7,470 7,903 1989-2011
West Virginia
53,003 48,215 49,364 50,602 52,498 56,813 1989-2011
Wyoming
25,052 27,350 28,969 25,710 26,124 26,180 1989-2011
- = No Data Reported;  -- = Not Applicable;  NA = Not Available;  W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: Prior to 2001, the well counts for Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico were included in the well counts for Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas.  See Definitions, Sources, and Notes link above for more information on this table.
Release Date: 4/30/2013
Next Release Date: 5/31/2013