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Performance Profiles Tables 2006
Table B21.  Foreign Net Wells Completed, In-Progress Wells, and Producing Wells by Region
                      for FRS Companies, 2000-2006
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
 Canada              
  Net Wells Completed During Year              
    Exploratory Wells               
      Dry Holes 126.3 106.4 156.6 146.4 106.1 174.2 37.9
      Oil Wells 23.3 63.1 74.0 51.0 46.7 23.6 23.9
      Natural Gas Wells 194.2 165.9 329.4 454.6 263.6 536.4 202.2
        Total Exploratory Wells 343.8 335.4 560.0 652.0 416.4 734.2 264.0
    Development Wells              
      Dry Holes 138.2 228.8 151.2 161.4 160.3 85.4 173.5
      Oil Wells 373.3 818.1 794.1 586.4 547.0 493.5 734.3
      Natural Gas Wells 891.5 2,025.1 2,381.1 2,651.9 3,657.6 3,319.8 3,206.4
        Total Development Wells  1,403.0 3,072.1 3,326.4 3,399.7 4,364.9 3,898.7 4,114.2
  Net In-Progress Wells at Year End 116.8 307.2 190.0 275.8 274.3 459.2 336.5
  Net Producing Wells              
    Oil Wells 12,094.8 17,640.5 14,203.0 13,167.6 12,287.0 10,637.6 10,028.2
    Natural Gas Wells 15,242.7 25,230.5 26,434.9 28,418.4 31,906.3 33,387.3 32,287.4
      Total Producing Wells 27,337.5 42,870.9 40,637.9 41,586.0 44,193.2 44,024.9 42,315.6
Europe and Former Soviet Union 1              
  Net Wells Completed During Year              
    Exploratory Wells              
      Dry Holes  15.7 15.6 11.2 12.7 17.0 19.4 8.6
      Oil Wells 5.2 25.9 5.3 6.1 W W 19.3
      Natural Gas Wells 6.4 8.6 3.1 3.5 W W 2.2
        Total Exploratory Wells   27.3 50.1 19.6 22.3 26.5 29.3 30.1
    Development Wells              
      Dry Holes 10.3 5.4 W W W 5.9 3.6
      Oil Wells 67.7 91.8 63.0 98.6 97.4 138.6 106.7
      Natural Gas Wells 30.4 31.8 W W W 17.8 13.4
        Total Development Wells  108.4 129.0 108.8 127.6 128.3 162.3 123.7
  Net In-Progress Wells at Year End 63.7 69.3 38.7 49.1 39.1 65.6 44.2
  Net Producing Wells               
    Oil Wells 1,431.3 1,478.2 1,225.7 1,325.3 1,376.1 1,352.9 1,118.4
      Natural Gas Wells 737.7 717.2 788.7 639.1 616.0 612.0 545.2
      Total Producing Wells 2,169.0 2,195.4 2,014.4 1,964.4 1,992.1 1,964.9 1,663.6
Africa and Middle East              
  Net Wells Completed During Year              
    Exploratory Wells              
      Dry Holes 37.2 21.9 26.8 25.2 23.7 22.9 20.1
      Oil Wells W W W 29.1 27.6 W 22.4
      Natural Gas Wells W W W 5.6 3.3 W 6.7
        Total Exploratory Wells 50.7 50.9 67.5 59.9 54.6 59.0 49.2
    Development Wells              
      Dry Holes W W 11.3 13.2 8.5 14.3 17.9
      Oil Wells 239.3 159.8 209.4 293.7 307.6 341.7 354.4
      Natural Gas Wells W W 13.5 8.7 19.3 12.3 16.3
        Total Development Wells 252.0 186.9 234.2 315.6 335.4 368.3 388.6
  Net In-Progress Wells at Year End 35.2 35.4 57.0 64.6 64.0 67.1 84.3
  Net Producing Wells              
    Oil Wells 1,954.1 2,063.8 2,209.2 2,357.1 2,780.1 3,150.4 3,394.4
    Natural Gas Wells 79.0 121.2 140.2 152.0 140.6 150.1 139.1
      Total Producing Wells 2,033.1 2,185.0 2,349.4 2,509.1 2,920.7 3,300.5 3,533.5
  See footnotes at end of table.