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Advance Performance Profiles Tables 2006
Table B14.  Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Development Expenditures for FRS Companies,
                      United States and Foreign, 2000-2006
                      (Million Dollars)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
United States              
 Exploration                                                                 
  Acquisition of Unproved Acreage  4,010 3,527 2,281 1,389 2,575 3,755 19,046
  Geological and Geophysical                                             849 758 821 659 859 985 1,250
  Drilling and Equipping 1    2,550 3,276 2,555 2,525 2,277 3,616 5,552
  Other    610 770 832 703 871 1,021 1,114
    Total Exploration                                     8,019 8,331 6,489 5,276 6,582 9,377 26,962
 Development                                                                 
  Acquisition of Proved Acreage 27,939 7,383 7,572 6,051 7,586 13,495 36,769
  Lease Equipment                                         1,907 3,818 3,325 3,636 3,841 3,501 5,240
  Drilling and Equipping 1    8,788 11,671 10,711 10,581 12,871 17,967 25,781
  Other 2   1,391 2,655 3,715 1,652 1,533 2,245 3,292
    Total Development                                     40,025 25,527 25,323 21,920 25,831 37,208 71,082
Total U.S. Exploration and  Development                                         48,044 33,858 31,812 27,196 32,413 46,585 98,044
Foreign              
 Exploration                                                                 
  Acquisition of Unproved Acreage  4,105 4,696 2,588 1,346 610 5,130 4,454
  Geological and Geophysical                                                875 1,028 939 866 965 988 1,265
  Drilling and Equipping 1    1,824 2,677 2,108 2,243 2,528 2,743 3,393
  Other    1,087 1,146 864 949 875 1,253 1,300
    Total Exploration                                     7,891 9,547 6,499 5,404 4,978 10,114 10,412
 Development                                                                 
  Acquisition of Proved Acreage  11,644 12,186 8,600 3,060 468 10,740 16,002
  Lease Equipment                                         1,842 3,186 2,538 4,701 4,670 5,731 5,997
  Drilling and Equipping 1    5,057 7,060 8,040 9,793 11,277 13,490 16,175
  Other 2   2,364 3,965 5,695 5,250 3,931 7,183 10,476
    Total Development                                     20,907 26,397 24,873 22,804 20,346 37,144 48,650
Total Foreign Exploration and
Development                                          		 28,798 35,944 31,372 28,208 25,324 47,258 59,062
  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).