Table 8.

Number of Oil and Gas Well Bores Started (Spuds) on Federal Lands During the Fiscal Year

Geographic State FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017
Alabama 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Alaska 9 7 0 0 2 6 6 3 3 4
Arizona 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arkansas 12 14 13 7 3 13 14 6 0 3
California 231 162 210 414 284 205 210 76 30 38
Colorado 527 340 411 453 318 215 229 145 111 148
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 24 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mississippi 1 3 1 1 2 7 9 0 3 0
Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 120 51 63 23 29 21 22 3 1 3
Nebraska 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada 4 2 2 3 1 3 3 1 0 0
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Mexico 1,000 706 731 709 851 672 702 556 231 434
New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 66 66 95 118 144 167 174 226 200 192
Ohio 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 1
Oklahoma 18 6 2 1 8 9 9 8 5 6
Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 0 5 1 0 0 6 21 0 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 2 2 0 3 4 1 2 1 0 3
Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 14 13 25 43 15 18 18 4 3 1
Utah 736 429 317 431 584 447 457 155 3 53
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 2,275 1,446 1,290 1,049 776 620 665 435 256 541
TOTAL 5,044 3,267 3,166 3,260 3,022 2,413 2,544 1,621 847 1,428
(1)
Data from Public Lands Statistics.
(2)
Data from AFMSS.
(3)
For FY 2005 - due to AFMSS shut down, the data is incomplete as of 11/18/2005. No further update available yet for FY 2005
Note: Data is Federal-only; does not include Indian data. Some state totals will be less than combined totals using both Federal and Indian data.
Note: Additional differences may result from state Federal-only totals in the BLM expanded reports due to the timing of respective data queries.