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U.S. Dry Developmental Wells Drilled  (Number of Elements)
U.S. Dry Developmental Wells Drilled (Number of Elements)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1940's 5,369
  1950's 6,507 7,487 7,669 7,816 8,541 8,620 8,993 8,252 7,530 8,012
  1960's 8,697 8,309 8,263 8,076 8,743 8,221 6,808 5,886 5,373 5,735
  1970's 4,869 4,357 4,757 4,368 5,283 6,517 6,986 7,702 8,586 8,662
  1980's 11,704 15,553 15,072 14,149 14,563 12,257 7,232 6,115 5,408 4,302
  1990's 4,703 4,492 3,734 4,004 3,050 3,040 3,341 3,777 3,156 2,337
  2000's 2,805 2,865 2,472 2,685 2,732 3,191 3,659 3,399 3,708 2,470
  2010's 3,096 NA NA


- = No Data Reported;  -- = Not Applicable;  NA = Not Available;  W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Release Date: 10/31/2024
Next Release Date: 11/29/2024

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