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	Wells Drilled
Date	Oil	Gas	Dry	Total	Total Footage Drilled (thous# ft#)	Oil and Gas Employment	Seismic Crews	Well Servicing Rigs	Workover Rigs (U#S#)	Drilling Permits	F12	F13	F14	F15	F16	F17	F18
1/1/1993	707	1003	452	2162	11826.78	347300	1381
2/1/1993	645	997	499	2141	11583.14	340000	78	2899	1284
3/1/1993	702	973	428	2103	11711.311	337700	71	2829	1353
4/1/1993	659	686	545	1890	11177.395	338800	77	2703	1345
5/1/1993	677	724	586	1987	10942.564	337800	79	2848	1295
6/1/1993	708	716	571	1995	11123.839	349000	82	3087	1293
7/1/1993	743	649	738	2130	11531.411	357800	80	3178	1382
8/1/1993	789	741	586	2116	11254.438	361400	78	3423	1380
9/1/1993	772	769	627	2168	11909.533	359500	84	3341	1407
10/1/1993	823	864	561	2248	12649.311	359600	81	3519	1546
11/1/1993	738	758	527	2023	11961.502	359500	82	3604	1536
12/1/1993	724	786	535	2045	12099.597	355400	84	3662	1504
1/1/1994	684	729	442	1855	11622.699	347500	78	3386	1333
2/1/1994	564	659	333	1556	9862.168	341100	87	3063	1329
3/1/1994	557	728	390	1675	10781.346	337500	94	2977	1265
4/1/1994	539	698	406	1643	10061.846	336200	88	2649	1162
5/1/1994	501	719	428	1648	10099.303	334500	88	2798	1256
6/1/1994	554	722	466	1742	10854.478	338400	89	2785	1191
7/1/1994	529	751	478	1758	10385.263	339500	87	2992	1343
8/1/1994	650	779	517	1946	10952.14	339800	93	2941	1273
9/1/1994	612	827	460	1899	10477.784	343000	88	3010	1297
10/1/1994	667	869	474	2010	11530.694	335300	96	2991	1346
11/1/1994	625	824	478	1927	11297.25	333300	100	2977	1358
12/1/1994	643	763	467	1873	11017.474	329900	99	2964	1415
1/1/1995	621	841	423	1885	11073	323900	100	2855	1245
2/1/1995	591	778	429	1798	10147	317300	99	2877	1268
3/1/1995	663	740	361	1764	9928	315300	100	2862	1213
4/1/1995	627	609	386	1622	8896	313600	100	2806	1264
5/1/1995	724	605	397	1726	9263	317500	98	3020	1336
6/1/1995	731	592	446	1769	9564	320600	100	3107	1330
7/1/1995	713	605	458	1776	9729	320700	106	3133	1271
8/1/1995	774	677	460	1911	9829	319500	108	3103	1254
9/1/1995	681	776	454	1911	9872	317200	112	3225	1280
10/1/1995	684	784	458	1926	9963	315800	109	3105	1280
11/1/1995	636	664	442	1742	9403	312800	110	3157	1275
12/1/1995	675	683	442	1800	9585	311200	111	3239	1302
1/1/1996	685	750	469	1904	10678	306000	115	3290	1255
2/1/1996	677	723	365	1765	9658	307600	115	3509	1271
3/1/1996	653	696	389	1738	9613	308200	110	3253	1234
4/1/1996	669	665	395	1729	9274	308500	109	3031	1296
5/1/1996	753	762	458	1973	10502	310400	112	3405	1320
6/1/1996	688	702	436	1826	9926	313200	109	3473	1379
7/1/1996	758	773	456	1987	10281	314200	110	3723	1378
8/1/1996	848	810	498	2156	11473	315100	107	3582	1333
9/1/1996	694	784	447	1925	10418	312300	100	3560	1344
10/1/1996	833	917	517	2267	11878	317700	104	3498	1374
11/1/1996	794	844	469	2107	11645	310700	110	3489	1368
12/1/1996	790	784	412	1986	11021	309700	111	3287	1451
1/1/1997	754	825	424	2003	11109	326800	104	3237	1422
2/1/1997	814	818	434	2066	11359	327900	104	3364	1466
3/1/1997	848	821	415	2084	11530	327300	105	3189	1395
4/1/1997	874	741	446	2061	11569	329600	106	3398	1339
5/1/1997	955	823	429	2207	12114	333800	108	3483	1442
6/1/1997	992	898	488	2378	12950	338500	113	3575	1426
7/1/1997	973	940	489	2402	12528	344500	111	3766	1402
8/1/1997	953	953	509	2415	12901	345700	110	3705	1424
9/1/1997	948	1081	517	2546	13652	346200	120	3755	1407
10/1/1997	904	1102	520	2526	13513	349000	122	3607	1406
11/1/1997	824	949	480	2253	12517	347900	124	3622	1417
12/1/1997	815	900	473	2188	12683	350200	120	3433	1459
1/1/1998	832	849	394	2075	11977	347900	126	3476	1386
2/1/1998	682	764	408	1854	10913	347400	126	3378	1365
3/1/1998	716	745	361	1822	11300	344800	126	3283	1143
4/1/1998	663	773	356	1792	10823	341200	131	3268	1185
5/1/1998	581	739	445	1765	10472	340400	130	3396	1123
6/1/1998	587	796	429	1812	10427	344700	133	3079	1058
7/1/1998	517	873	377	1767	10310	344300	134	3147	1019
8/1/1998	407	772	328	1507	8799	342100	130	2973	983
9/1/1998	332	746	260	1338	7567	336700	134	2973	997
10/1/1998	273	654	300	1227	7585	332600	134	2602	1003
11/1/1998	366	785	308	1459	8418	326500	132	2539	976
12/1/1998	313	774	309	1396	8054	322100	129	2244	816
1/1/1999	264	696	238	1198	7629	308700	159	1932	766
2/1/1999	266	586	193	1045	6278	300600	159	1904	697
3/1/1999	232	575	183	990	6228	299500	163	1994	692
4/1/1999	181	501	255	937	5983	289100	163	2054	786
5/1/1999	184	435	197	816	4686	284800	157	2076	775
6/1/1999	2190	918	4224	23977	286400	154	2133	795
289700	154	2391	797
8/1/1999	289700	148	2388	860
9/1/1999	2892	1004	5229	26261	291400	136	2445	889
10/1/1999	292400	134	2472	931
11/1/1999	289900	2472	1002	*new data series from HIS/World Oil
12/1/1999	3387	1041	6057	30280	292300	2500	1030
1/1/2000	295600	2250	971
2/1/2000	297100	2705	1037
3/1/2000	3242	898	5872	30816	297100	2734	992
4/1/2000	302000	2702	1070
5/1/2000	307400	59	2675	1106
6/1/2000	3356	991	6256	32093	314700	63	2619	1048
7/1/2000	316900	58	2694	1014
8/1/2000	318000	61	2717	1032
9/1/2000	4003	996	7123	36551	320700	59	2722	1034
10/1/2000	325100	63	2719	1087
11/1/2000	321700	62	2732	1159
12/1/2000	3833	880	6805	37403	323100	65	2738	1116
688	1554	332	2574	15525	295076	61	2741	1173	* Switch to EIA Data	* Change in BLS methodology to NAIC codes: 21111+213111+213112
2/1/2001	628	1587	300	2515	13296	299941	61	2755	1208
3/1/2001	689	1614	278	2581	16416	304134	63	2734	1193
4/1/2001	677	1691	344	2712	16268	306013	65	2728	1216
5/1/2001	764	1762	377	2903	17374	309918	64	2770	1267
6/1/2001	748	2156	386	3290	14579	315892	60	2760	1197
7/1/2001	682	1870	371	2923	17672	315867	58	1784	1295
8/1/2001	697	2160	380	3237	17363	317806	56	1865	1303
9/1/2001	637	1718	317	2672	16563	315498	54	1832	1246
10/1/2001	793	2101	364	3258	18264	312504	58	1824	1190
11/1/2001	569	1458	306	2333	13806	308487	59	1774	1144
12/1/2001	377	1553	241	2171	12465	307234	58	1654	1099
1/2/2002	528	1388	315	2231	11513	295489	54	1683	1378
2/2/2002	434	1303	301	2038	11031	292929	57	1843	1329
3/2/2002	435	1188	281	1904	10303	290880	54	1791	1296
4/2/2002	488	1181	276	1945	10102	288287	50	1852	992
5/2/2002	471	1335	302	2108	11039	290071	51	1856	983
6/2/2002	547	1359	308	2214	11274	292315	50	1832	1006
7/2/2002	544	1368	311	2223	11590	291237	52	1832	1036
8/2/2002	554	1589	305	2448	12782	292164	50	1891	1007
9/2/2002	458	1410	309	2177	12410	289928	56	1861	1027
10/2/2002	585	1358	309	2252	11907	287081	57	1878	1006
11/2/2002	539	1308	303	2150	11612	286284	50	1817	1054
12/2/2002	475	1368	309	2152	12747	286413	43	1821	1029
1/3/2003	551	1375	308	2234	12962	283834	40	1898	989
2/3/2003	461	1148	329	1938	10866	285278	41	1928	1050
3/3/2003	515	1469	344	2328	13269	287187	41	1950	1108
4/3/2003	642	1523	361	2526	14409	288325	40	1954	1145
5/3/2003	649	1654	376	2679	14515	291424	38	1927	1144
6/3/2003	667	1743	384	2794	15080	294867	39	1957	1151
7/3/2003	669	1770	388	2827	15637	296124	41	2016	1172
8/3/2003	667	1785	391	2843	15776	298045	43	2026	1134
9/3/2003	684	1793	387	2864	15796	296692	39	1966	1187
10/3/2003	650	1802	390	2842	16156	296887	39	2064	1132
11/3/2003	476	1823	394	2693	16307	296656	38	1973	1179
12/3/2003	653	1837	394	2884	16301	298824	42	1946	1162
1/4/2004	589	1521	282	2392	15957	295938	43	2019	1182
2/4/2004	581	1863	212	2656	16168	297051	45	2043	1150
3/4/2004	628	1875	317	2820	16508	300110	45	2047	1238
4/4/2004	639	1930	290	2859	16642	300993	45	2050	1228
5/4/2004	648	1929	308	2885	16687	303498	44	2095	1205
6/4/2004	620	1936	278	2834	16905	307674	49	2067	1169
7/4/2004	513	1402	248	2163	14142	309121	48	2068	1235
8/4/2004	513	1221	291	2025	12825	311514	49	2106	1237
9/4/2004	501	1053	287	1841	11912	311009	48	2078	1293
10/4/2004	516	1352	222	2090	14198	48	2111	1329
11/4/2004	455	1083	228	1766	12668	49	2024	1278
12/4/2004	438	1035	215	1688	11822	50	2063	1280
1/5/2005	462	1007	206	1675	11868	2091	1264
2/5/2005	0	1261
3/5/2005	0
4/5/2005	0
5/5/2005	0

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Exploration Summary

Wells Drilled

Date

Oil

Gas

Dry

Total

Total Footage Drilled (thous# ft#)

Oil and Gas Employment

Seismic Crews

Well Servicing Rigs

Workover Rigs (U#S#)

Drilling Permits

F12

F13

F14

F15

F16

F17

F18