Appendices 



Table H-3— U.S. Oil and Gas Drilling Activity and Production: Total 



and Offshore 1958-66 



' Includes field condensate. 



■ Marketed production. 



2 Offshore gas production volume and percent are for Louisiana only prior to 1964. 



■* Includes slant drilling from shore or piers as weU as from offshore platforms. 



5 Total offshore oil production figures involve only Louisiana and California prior to 1966. During 1966, 

 Alaska produced 2.6 million barrels. Texas figures are not included but production totaled only 3.4 miUion 

 barrels from January 1960 to November 1967. Oregon and Washington have not been sites of commercial 

 discoveries through 1966. 



' Well completion figures before 1965 are for Louisiana only. The 1965 figure also includes Alaska and 

 California and the 1966 entry also includes California, Alaska, and Texas. 



Source: Bureau of Mines; U.S. Geological Survey; Alaska Department of Natural Resources; California 

 Department of Conservation; Louisiana Department of Conservation; Railroad Commission of Texas; 

 Battelle Memorial Institute; Oil and Gas Journal; Petroleum Production, Drilling and Leasing on the 

 Outer Continental Shelf, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1966. 



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