Figure 5. Offshore Development Gas Wells Completed and OCS Acreage Awarded for Nonmajors

Note: Nonmajors = Total United States minus majors.
Sources: Wells completed: Majors: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-28; Total United States: Special compilation provided by the Office of Oil and Gas, Energy Information Administration, based on data which appeared in the Monthly Energy Review, September 1994, p. 83. Acreage awarded: Majors: Special compilation provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. Total United States: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Federal Offshore Statistics: 1993 (Herndon, VA, 1994).