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U.S. Dry Exploratory Wells Drilled (Number of Elements) | ||||||||
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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1973 | 538 | 411 | 431 | 367 | 454 | 477 | 530 | 601 | 502 | 551 | 501 | 589 |
1974 | 490 | 486 | 492 | 532 | 570 | 556 | 608 | 617 | 590 | 622 | 644 | 626 |
1975 | 624 | 453 | 572 | 551 | 543 | 539 | 623 | 595 | 611 | 689 | 638 | 691 |
1976 | 679 | 523 | 596 | 538 | 501 | 535 | 526 | 548 | 574 | 593 | 572 | 587 |
1977 | 549 | 480 | 566 | 527 | 586 | 570 | 593 | 590 | 682 | 716 | 695 | 729 |
1978 | 653 | 537 | 629 | 624 | 624 | 645 | 699 | 678 | 689 | 765 | 701 | 721 |
1979 | 572 | 471 | 527 | 530 | 561 | 603 | 612 | 712 | 679 | 732 | 714 | 724 |
1980 | 724 | 614 | 617 | 629 | 683 | 757 | 772 | 839 | 845 | 845 | 838 | 918 |
1981 | 1,014 | 812 | 914 | 919 | 951 | 1,015 | 1,071 | 1,144 | 1,107 | 1,168 | 1,112 | 1,173 |
1982 | 1,176 | 944 | 990 | 944 | 879 | 888 | 916 | 941 | 901 | 929 | 834 | 958 |
1983 | 951 | 726 | 783 | 649 | 799 | 844 | 855 | 910 | 936 | 955 | 946 | 849 |
1984 | 1,015 | 835 | 765 | 743 | 857 | 1,105 | 1,078 | 1,113 | 932 | 995 | 917 | 966 |
1985 | 895 | 686 | 763 | 760 | 706 | 717 | 802 | 818 | 744 | 714 | 572 | 777 |
1986 | 791 | 558 | 594 | 482 | 433 | 357 | 377 | 371 | 316 | 378 | 409 | 501 |
1987 | 433 | 316 | 365 | 368 | 361 | 374 | 405 | 433 | 502 | 530 | 463 | 502 |
1988 | 381 | 332 | 379 | 383 | 400 | 384 | 402 | 428 | 378 | 460 | 382 | 402 |
1989 | 327 | 242 | 296 | 291 | 313 | 305 | 310 | 323 | 357 | 413 | 381 | 376 |
1990 | 351 | 244 | 260 | 297 | 273 | 322 | 342 | 314 | 315 | 380 | 337 | 358 |
1991 | 266 | 270 | 285 | 284 | 253 | 277 | 331 | 311 | 254 | 300 | 294 | 265 |
1992 | 217 | 171 | 216 | 230 | 241 | 194 | 265 | 240 | 227 | 208 | 177 | 164 |
1993 | 158 | 173 | 180 | 208 | 171 | 224 | 248 | 227 | 220 | 237 | 235 | 228 |
1994 | 205 | 135 | 177 | 178 | 197 | 233 | 204 | 239 | 209 | 212 | 239 | 237 |
1995 | 212 | 160 | 169 | 172 | 180 | 184 | 201 | 187 | 222 | 217 | 198 | 177 |
1996 | 173 | 142 | 168 | 170 | 213 | 189 | 221 | 223 | 172 | 218 | 193 | 164 |
1997 | 162 | 162 | 148 | 163 | 175 | 178 | 156 | 193 | 224 | 243 | 186 | 188 |
1998 | 160 | 143 | 128 | 128 | 172 | 173 | 153 | 127 | 111 | 136 | 110 | 108 |
1999 | 86 | 62 | 49 | 70 | 92 | 110 | 100 | 112 | 111 | 128 | 138 | 109 |
2000 | 118 | 104 | 107 | 101 | 118 | 106 | 108 | 142 | 103 | 124 | 99 | 111 |
2001 | 121 | 119 | 106 | 152 | 161 | 152 | 176 | 162 | 149 | 166 | 144 | 125 |
2002 | 110 | 97 | 95 | 101 | 112 | 101 | 98 | 116 | 105 | 128 | 95 | 124 |
2003 | 111 | 75 | 90 | 101 | 93 | 95 | 130 | 111 | 110 | 139 | 115 | 127 |
2004 | 108 | 67 | 140 | 91 | 107 | 112 | 118 | 120 | 114 | 151 | 107 | 115 |
2005 | 119 | 124 | 102 | 127 | 121 | 130 | 109 | 145 | 112 | 120 | 144 | 109 |
2006 | 98 | 109 | 105 | 137 | 143 | 146 | 134 | 136 | 143 | 124 | 118 | 154 |
2007 | 114 | 100 | 115 | 129 | 141 | 123 | 137 | 124 | 136 | 157 | 185 | 121 |
2008 | 144 | 107 | 127 | 130 | 124 | 139 | 171 | 144 | 164 | 173 | 160 | 132 |
2009 | 99 | 88 | 88 | 93 | 80 | 75 | 101 | 88 | 96 | 78 | 85 | 84 |
2010 | 81 | 67 | 88 | 77 | 86 | 90 | 105 | 94 | 88 | 117 | 103 | 70 |
2011 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
2012 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
- = No Data Reported; -- = Not Applicable; NA = Not Available; W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. |
Release Date: 7/31/2024 |
Next Release Date: 8/30/2024 |
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