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Number of Producing Gas Wells
Period:
 Annual 
Area
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 View
History
U.S.
425,887 440,516 452,945 476,652 493,100 487,627 1989-2010
Alabama
5,523 6,227 6,591 6,860 6,913 7,026 1989-2010
Alaska
227 231 239 261 261 269 1989-2010
Arizona
6 7 7 6 6 5 1989-2010
Arkansas
3,462 3,814 4,773 5,592 6,314 7,397 1989-2010
California
1,356 1,451 1,540 1,645 1,643 1,580 1989-2010
Colorado
22,691 20,568 22,949 25,716 27,021 28,813 1989-2010
Gulf of Mexico
2,123 2,419 2,552 1,527 1,984 1,852 1998-2010
Illinois
316 316 43 45 51 50 1989-2010
Indiana
2,321 2,336 2,350 525 563 620 1989-2010
Kansas
18,946 19,713 19,713 17,862 21,243 22,145 1989-2010
Kentucky
14,175 15,892 16,563 16,290 17,152 17,670 1989-2010
Louisiana
18,838 17,459 18,145 19,213 18,860 19,137 1989-2010
Maryland
7 7 7 7 7 7 1989-2010
Michigan
8,900 9,200 9,712 9,995 10,600 10,100 1989-2010
Mississippi
1,676 1,836 2,315 2,343 2,320 1,979 1989-2010
Missouri
0 0 0 0 0 0 1989-2010
Montana
5,751 6,578 6,925 7,095 7,031 6,059 1989-2010
Nebraska
114 114 186 322 285 276 1989-2010
Nevada
4 4 4 0 0 0 1996-2010
New Mexico
40,157 41,634 42,644 44,241 44,784 44,748 1989-2010
New York
5,449 5,985 6,680 6,675 6,628 6,736 1989-2010
North Dakota
148 200 200 194 196 188 1989-2010
Ohio
33,735 33,945 34,416 34,416 34,963 34,931 1989-2010
Oklahoma
36,704 38,060 38,364 41,921 43,600 44,000 1989-2010
Oregon
15 14 18 21 24 26 1989-2010
Pennsylvania
46,654 49,750 52,700 55,631 57,356 44,500 1989-2010
South Dakota
69 69 71 71 89 102 1989-2010
Tennessee
400 330 305 285 310 230 1989-2010
Texas
74,827 74,265 76,436 87,556 93,507 95,014 1989-2010
Utah
4,092 4,858 5,197 5,578 5,774 6,075 1989-2010
Virginia
4,132 5,179 5,735 6,426 7,303 7,470 1989-2010
West Virginia
49,335 53,003 48,215 49,364 50,602 52,498 1989-2010
Wyoming
23,734 25,052 27,350 28,969 25,710 26,124 1989-2010
- = No Data Reported;  -- = Not Applicable;  NA = Not Available;  W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: Prior to 2001, the well counts for Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico were included in the well counts for Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas.  See Definitions, Sources, and Notes link above for more information on this table.
Release Date: 9/28/2012
Next Release Date: 10/31/2012