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Number of Producing Gas Wells
Period:
 Annual 
Area
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 View
History
U.S.
487,627 574,593 577,916 572,742 565,951 555,364 1989-2015
Alabama
7,026 6,243 6,203 6,174 6,117 6,044 1989-2015
Alaska
269 274 281 300 338 329 1989-2015
Arizona
5 5 4 3 6 6 1989-2015
Arkansas
7,397 8,428 9,012 9,324 9,778 9,965 1989-2015
California
1,580 4,240 4,356 4,183 4,211 4,209 1989-2015
Colorado
28,813 43,792 46,141 46,883 46,876 46,322 1989-2015
Gulf of Mexico
1,852 2,226 1,892 1,588 1,377 1,163 1998-2015
Illinois
50 40 40 34 36 35 1989-2015
Indiana
620 914 819 921 895 899 1989-2015
Kansas
22,145 25,362 25,013 24,802 24,840 24,451 1989-2015
Kentucky
17,670 12,708 13,179 14,557 NA NA 1989-2015
Louisiana
19,137 19,318 19,345 18,802 18,660 18,382 1989-2015
Maryland
7 7 7 7 5 7 1989-2015
Michigan
10,100 10,480 10,381 10,322 10,246 9,929 1989-2015
Mississippi
1,979 1,703 1,666 1,632 1,594 1,560 1989-2015
Missouri
0 19 15 7 6 NA 1989-2015
Montana
6,059 6,615 6,366 5,870 5,682 5,655 1989-2015
Nebraska
276 307 299 246 109 140 1989-2015
Nevada
0 0 0 0 1 1 1996-2015
New Mexico
44,748 40,231 40,441 40,119 40,244 40,596 1989-2015
New York
6,736 7,372 7,731 7,553 7,619 7,605 1989-2015
North Dakota
188 526 451 423 398 462 1989-2015
Ohio
34,931 31,966 31,647 30,804 31,060 26,599 1989-2015
Oklahoma
44,000 51,712 51,472 50,606 50,044 49,852 1989-2015
Oregon
26 28 24 24 12 14 1989-2015
Pennsylvania
44,500 61,815 62,922 61,838 67,621 68,536 1989-2015
South Dakota
102 155 159 133 128 124 1989-2015
Tennessee
230 1,027 1,027 1,089 NA NA 1989-2015
Texas
95,014 139,368 140,087 140,964 142,292 142,368 1989-2015
Utah
6,075 7,603 8,121 8,300 8,537 8,739 1989-2015
Virginia
7,470 7,781 7,874 7,956 8,061 8,111 1989-2015
West Virginia
52,498 51,629 51,646 50,097 53,060 47,938 1989-2015
Wyoming
26,124 30,653 29,254 27,141 26,055 25,279 1989-2015
- = 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: 11/30/2016
Next Release Date: 12/30/2016