Nebraska's Producing Crude Oil Wells

Nebraska's Producing Crude Oil Wells
1960-2007
(As of December 31 of Each Year)
1960 . . . . . . . . . 1,571 1970 . . . . . . . . . 1,244 1980 . . . . . . . . . 1,693
1961 . . . . . . . . . 1,860 1971 . . . . . . . . . 1,191 1981 . . . . . . . . . 1,870
1962 . . . . . . . . . 1,764 1972 . . . . . . . . . 1,143 1982 . . . . . . . . . 2,006
1963 . . . . . . . . . 1,726 1973 . . . . . . . . . 1,107 1983 . . . . . . . . . 2,100
1964 . . . . . . . . . 1,711 1974 . . . . . . . . . 1,127 1984 . . . . . . . . . 2,095
1965 . . . . . . . . . 1,611 1975 . . . . . . . . . 1,190 1985 . . . . . . . . . 2,091
1966 . . . . . . . . . 1,511 1976 . . . . . . . . . 1,291 1986 . . . . . . . . . 1,838
1967 . . . . . . . . . 1,430 1977 . . . . . . . . . 1,382 1987 . . . . . . . . . 1,852
1968 . . . . . . . . . 1,403 1978 . . . . . . . . . 1,469 1988 . . . . . . . . . 1,723
1969 . . . . . . . . . 1,305 1979 . . . . . . . . . 1,551 1989 . . . . . . . . . 1,687


1990 . . . . . . . . . 1,742 2000 . . . . . . . . . 1,179
1991 . . . . . . . . . 1,716 2001 . . . . . . . . . 1,161
1992 . . . . . . . . . 1,660 2002 . . . . . . . . . 1,119
1993 . . . . . . . . . 1,582 2003 . . . . . . . . . 1,124
1994 . . . . . . . . . 1,489 2004 . . . . . . . . . 1,141
1995 . . . . . . . . . 1,446 2005 . . . . . . . . . 1,133
1996 . . . . . . . . . 1,402 2006 . . . . . . . . . 1,134
1997 . . . . . . . . . 1,361 2007 . . . . . . . . . 1,116
1998 . . . . . . . . . 1,160      
1999 . . . . . . . . . 1,170      

Sources:  "Nebraska Oil Activity Summary."   Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Sidney, NE.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

The table and graph were updated on July 1, 2008.  Typically, there is one year between updates.

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