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Wells and Metres Drilled in Canada
1981 - 2009

	British Columbia Wells	Metres	Alberta Wells	Metres	Sask. Wells	Metres	Manitoba Wells	Metres	NWT Wells	Metres	Westcoast Offshr Wells	Metres	Eastcoast Offshr Wells	Metres	Oth.East Canada Wells	Metres	Canada Wells	Metres
1981	209	407,585	5,886	6,865,955	801	694,839	67	66,046	13	38,818			9	39,511	201	102,854	7,186	8,215,608
1982	109	207,712	5,225	5,973,024	811	693,538	195	184,302	41	66,240			7	34,099	174	78,927	6,562	7,237,842
1983	76	130,535	4,619	5,843,692	1,840	1,683,524	253	234,302	67	71,709			22	99,681	218	103,162	7,095	8,166,605
1984	194	231,975	6,043	7,439,831	3,063	2,708,874	246	221,026	96	127,555			22	104,833	199	102,041	9,863	10,936,135
1985	235	312,600	7,937	9,273,034	3,815	3,557,318	269	231,865	75	118,502			27	122,390	206	119,994	12,564	13,735,703
1986	161	267,097	4,412	5,868,530	1,086	1,035,947	138	121,160	55	105,793			16	67,201	123	61,912	5,991	7,527,640
1987	136	241,810	5,121	6,792,382	1,566	1,386,420	109	98,246	41	45,534			8	30,756	97	52,600	7,078	8,647,748
1988	189	355,763	6,378	7,889,646	2,073	1,756,871	72	63,711	18	32,285			9	28,870	147	82,378	8,886	10,209,524
1989	219	395,496	3,891	4,949,873	1,479	1,171,534	55	45,265	7	16,578			2	6,497	151	92,268	5,804	6,677,511
1990	285	454,481	4,189	5,206,175	1,315	1,212,628	83	79,714	14	19,580			1	3,092	133	64,558	6,020	7,040,228
1991	237	419,330	3,973	4,873,164	1,133	1,120,446	57	51,153	8	15,084			7	18,747	124	72,180	5,539	6,570,104
1992	150	251,301	3,627	4,482,493	793	886,103	27	26,121	2	2,560			2	5,732	77	62,659	4,678	5,716,969
1993	324	539,047	7,170	8,516,415	2,189	2,140,071	86	88,248					10	27,084	115	81,147	9,894	11,392,012
1994	530	838,533	9,370	11,146,535	2,430	2,564,491	80	86,628	2	3,234			2	5,115	102	71,417	12,516	14,715,953
1995	447	712,222	8,780	10,132,327	2,202	2,476,100	52	57,906	3	4,848					90	64,807	11,574	13,448,210
1996	500	811,465	10,926	12,004,837	3,000	3,268,549	60	60,587	6	11,368			4	13,799	61	50,907	14,557	16,221,512
1997	616	1,012,467	13,225	14,813,927	4,055	4,468,049	109	103,509	13	17,248			4	14,201	82	64,480	18,104	20,493,881
1998	683	1,044,845	8,175	9,875,306	1,744	1,913,306	49	55,218	12	17,465			9	38,230	109	83,528	10,781	13,027,898
1999	678	1,035,160	9,444	10,687,739	2,522	2,408,641	41	46,606	15	32,654			19	89,640	84	62,708	12,803	14,363,148
2000	846	1,351,010	13,543	14,821,473	3,839	3,759,404	76	77,324	16	17,306			22	100,184	138	130,617	18,480	20,257,318
2001	934	1,572,371	14,975	15,435,493	3,571	3,520,662	115	121,102	12	19,041			18	83,696	127	136,956	19,752	20,889,321
2002	580	994,700	12,989	13,543,517	3,401	2,937,711	97	104,871	13	29,037			15	75,813	87	83,163	17,182	17,768,812
2003	1,032	1,880,562	17,873	17,855,802	4,179	3,409,918	106	104,279	36	73,387			34	138,631	105	74,305	23,365	23,536,884
2004	1,117	1,923,003	19,365	19,538,053	4,104	3,576,631	133	133,220	18	40,432			25	110,679	112	77,652	24,874	25,399,670
2005	1,202	2,211,953	21,599	24,211,705	3,781	3,873,079	260	271,244	10	15,078			15	71,532	84	46,876	26,951	30,701,467
2006	1,313	2,349,465	19,800	21,971,316	4,029	4,299,405	487	524,353	5	11,581			20	81,814	157	101,592	25,811	29,339,526
2007¹	827	1,682,655	16,238	16,079,296	3,689	4,336,664	345	393,982	15	25,028			12	59,659	84	72,039	21,210	22,649,323
2008¹	805	1,951,670	14,969	15,060,899	4,037	5,327,344	302	415,433	10	15,128			4	21,064	76	88,408	20,203	22,879,946
2009	667	1,778,962	6,894	7,780,524	2,126	3,401,060	237	430,746	9	16,959			10	37,955	44	52,257	9,987	13,498,463
Total	20,303	35,354,573	357,740	411,199,237	97,078	98,438,142	6,031	5,808,724	1,453	2,608,790	14	41,951	521	2,018,452	9,786	5,484,055	492,926	560,953,924
¹Based on rig release date.

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Calgary, Alberta 403-267-1100 StatsHandbook@capp.ca

Wells and Metres Drilled in Canada

1981 - 2009