VOL. XLIII
No. 06
7-February-2000
UPSTREAM
E&A Drilling Levels Down 24% In 1999 But Expected To Bounce Back According To IHS Energy Report
Last year worldwide exploration and appraisal (E&A) drilling activity fell by 24% compared with the year before, with a total of 7,433 wells completed compared with 9,800 in 1998. Only 1.5% of these wells a total of 110 were drilled in the Middle East, yet the region claimed the biggest discovery of the year with Irans Azadegan oil strike.
In a report...
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