API: Second-quarter exploration wells down 63% year-on-year

摘要

For the second quarter in a row, drilling activity in the U.S. fell to levels not seen since 2003 and 2004, according to API's second-quarter 2009 drilling estimates. The institute's 2009 Quarterly Well Completion Report: Second Quarter found that an estimated 8,038 oil wells, natural gas wells and dry holes were drilled in the second quarter, down 46% from the vear-aeo period.