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U.S. Natural Gas Exploratory and Developmental Wells Drilled (Number of Elements)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1973
519
454
494
546
598
543
615
690
574
694
616
590
1974
686
545
657
624
604
595
604
554
569
633
526
541
1975
613
539
534
587
634
673
731
838
788
842
673
675
1976
866
691
708
659
708
781
795
964
866
815
846
710
1977
847
782
1,014
899
946
1,092
1,030
1,187
1,070
1,166
1,025
1,064
1978
1,076
861
1,075
1,142
1,182
1,251
1,215
1,353
1,301
1,428
1,291
1,238
1979
1,337
917
1,114
1,117
1,258
1,335
1,286
1,424
1,302
1,582
1,328
1,254
1980
1,570
1,260
1,293
1,308
1,326
1,595
1,498
1,555
1,632
1,642
1,416
1,366
1981
2,001
1,391
1,513
1,574
1,690
1,691
1,646
1,816
1,817
1,854
1,609
1,648
1982
1,956
1,613
1,763
1,553
1,604
1,585
1,503
1,572
1,489
1,441
1,430
1,552
1983
1,468
1,134
1,108
907
989
1,083
1,124
1,375
1,306
1,473
1,329
1,374
1984
1,420
1,313
1,166
1,035
1,402
1,544
1,466
1,602
1,501
1,643
1,679
1,567
1985
1,392
1,278
1,286
1,107
1,032
1,178
1,264
1,287
1,230
1,314
960
996
1986
1,130
810
807
704
535
561
621
609
631
742
692
757
1987
725
665
653
539
518
576
623
735
737
888
708
729
1988
689
680
668
549
597
671
684
721
816
856
807
840
1989
784
659
681
630
652
743
825
919
894
951
892
892
1990
908
749
764
710
872
941
1,046
1,072
1,032
1,182
895
955
1991
907
763
827
775
758
821
887
844
769
847
691
722
1992
653
585
548
466
488
584
595
687
745
967
943
1,044
1993
1,024
1,010
999
690
754
765
668
780
836
940
857
851
1994
797
693
751
731
763
768
813
864
941
933
880
805
1995
827
772
747
608
612
600
609
692
800
798
687
702
1996
749
718
709
685
785
734
817
869
830
973
865
805
1997
834
823
836
763
838
904
947
975
1,108
1,173
1,019
966
1998
928
845
835
884
835
904
1,002
1,004
1,015
1,092
897
886
1999
815
664
642
600
799
800
879
1,118
1,161
1,254
1,293
1,096
2000
1,169
1,200
1,277
1,120
1,286
1,387
1,486
1,800
1,657
1,721
1,429
1,403
2001
1,595
1,410
1,631
1,627
1,841
2,091
2,066
2,251
1,977
2,151
1,801
1,518
2002
1,538
1,393
1,324
1,273
1,435
1,526
1,499
1,631
1,386
1,524
1,380
1,316
2003
1,350
1,203
1,407
1,574
1,649
1,754
1,847
2,038
1,956
2,167
1,792
1,850
2004
1,616
1,632
1,853
1,795
1,930
2,066
2,088
2,243
2,278
2,210
1,981
2,036
2005
1,964
1,982
2,146
2,231
2,335
2,436
2,356
2,679
2,564
2,484
2,417
2,188
2006
2,427
2,353
2,630
2,362
2,602
2,783
2,529
3,101
2,737
2,856
2,696
2,519
2007
2,484
2,281
2,561
2,388
2,643
2,769
2,666
2,881
2,607
2,943
2,683
2,397
2008
2,442
2,367
2,622
2,653
2,684
2,742
2,802
2,871
2,878
2,800
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= No Data Reported;
--
= Not Applicable;
NA
= Not Available;
W
= Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Release Date: 10/31/2008
Next Release Date: 11/28/2008
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