Table 3­2. Exploration and Development Expenditures of Major U.S. Petroleum Companies by Region, Selected Years

(Millions of Dollars)


Region

1986

1989

1994

1995

United States





Onshore

12,496

8,973

7,815

7,695

Offshore

4,906

6,016

4,773

4,739

Total United States

17,402

14,989

12,588

12,434

Canada

1,126

6,266

1,835

1,899

OECD Europe

3,168

3,539

4,439

5,204

Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

N.A.

0

297

359

Africa

1,064

1,024

1,392

2,043

Middle East

340

406

445

361

Other Eastern Hemisphere

1,186

2,284

2,758

2,430

Other Western Hemisphere

642

609

743

875

Total Foreign E&D Expenditures

7,526

14,128

11,909

13,171


N.A.: Information not available

Sources: Energy Information Administration, Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 1995 DOE/EIA­0206(95) (Washington, DC, February 1997), Tables B22 and B34, and Energy Information Administration, Form EIA­28.