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Release Date: December 2008
Next Release Date: December 2009
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Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Development Expenditures for FRS Companies, United States and Foreign
(Million 2007 Dollars)
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

United States

Exploration

Acquisition of Unproved Acreage

4,859 775 4,805 4,127 2,623 1,564 2,819 3,980 18,935 7,580

Geological and Geophysical

1,138 760 1,017 887 944 742 940 1,044 1,195 1,355

Drilling and Equipping1

3,681 2,352 3,055 3,833 2,938 2,843 2,492 3,833 5,701 5,117

Other

1,185 807 731 901 957 792 953 1,082 1,134 1,263

Total Exploration

10,862 4,694 9,608 9,748 7,462 5,941 7,205 9,940 26,966 15,315

Development

Acquisition of Proved Acreage

4,431 1,401 33,475 8,639 8,708 6,814 8,304 14,305 37,129 7,957

Lease Equipment

3,338 2,976 2,285 4,467 3,824 4,094 4,204 3,711 5,381 5,390

Drilling and Equipping1

9,649 6,148 10,529 13,656 12,318 11,915 14,089 19,045 26,475 29,904

Other2

2,058 1,293 1,667 3,107 4,272 1,860 1,678 2,380 3,373 5,869

Total Development

19,477 11,818 47,956 29,869 29,122 24,683 28,274 39,440 72,358 49,120

Total U.S. Exploration and
Development

30,339 16,512 57,564 39,617 36,584 30,624 35,479 49,380 99,323 64,435

Foreign

Exploration

Acquisition of Unproved Acreage

2,681 2,757 4,918 5,495 2,976 1,516 668 5,438 4,693 947

Geological and Geophysical

1,323 1,083 1,048 1,203 1,080 975 1,056 1,047 1,299 1,278

Drilling and Equipping1

3,291 1,933 2,185 3,132 2,424 2,526 2,767 2,908 3,484 3,848

Other

1,613 1,106 1,302 1,341 994 1,069 958 1,328 1,320 1,424

Total Exploration

8,909 6,879 9,455 11,171 7,474 6,085 5,449 10,721 10,796 7,497

Development

Acquisition of Proved Acreage

8,844 2,550 13,951 14,259 9,890 3,446 512 11,384 16,446 471

Lease Equipment

3,111 2,622 2,207 3,728 2,919 5,293 5,112 6,075 6,158 5,821

Drilling and Equipping1

7,708 6,296 6,059 8,261 9,246 11,027 12,344 14,299 16,610 14,112

Other2

4,208 3,099 2,832 4,639 6,549 5,912 4,303 7,614 10,756 14,797

Total Development

23,871 14,568 25,050 30,887 28,604 25,678 22,271 39,373 49,970 35,201

Total Foreign Exploration and
Development

32,779 21,447 34,505 42,058 36,078 31,763 27,719 50,093 60,766 42,698
1  Expenditure incurred in a given year not cumulative (includes work-in-progress adjustment).
2  Includes support equipment.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-28 (Financial Reporting System).