T36
WELLS COMPLETED (1 IN OPEC MEMBER COUNTRIES, 1980-2007
  1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006* 2007* % change
07/06
ALGERIA 249 159 162 140 66 40 46 55 58 48 80 69 101 113 93 95 100 105 85 91 137 148 172 179 190 198 302 260 -13.9
OIL 76 94 70 .. .. 7 14 14 18 16 32 27 73 73 60 70 56 57 45 49 74 86 100 104 122 131 200 172 -14.0
GAS 96 37 40 .. .. 11 12 10 10 9 17 27 17 17 16 22 21 23 22 23 35 35 40 42 33 37 56 48 -14.3
DRY 28 15 30 .. .. 14 10 20 20 17 25 14 - 9 13 3 22 23 18 19 28 27 22 20 18 15 23 20 -13.0
OTHERS 49 13 22 .. .. 8 10 11 10 6 6 1 11 14 4 - 1 2 - - - - 10 13 17 16 23 20 -13.0
AVG.DEPTH(FEET) 8,138 8,073 8,073 8,124 8,230 5,713 8,565 7,909 8,690 9,052 8,360 7,843 8,179 7,674 8,373 8,054 9,131 9,130 9,130 9,130 10,161 11,155 9,598 11,154 9,910 10,635 9,030 8,625 -4.5
ANGOLA 24 40 72 80 57 59 47 52 59 48 60 56 47 33 36 60 98 52 63 61 40 75 51 60 50 45 57 98 71.9
OIL 16 18 52 60 46 42 31 35 45 26 30 43 39 19 24 40 67 42 60 46 30 45 45 40 38 40 48 86 79.2
GAS 2 1 1 1 - 3 - 1 3 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
DRY 5 10 17 15 8 11 12 8 0 9 6 6 5 12 5 11 13     4 3 13   11 5 2 4 11 175.0
OTHERS 1 11 2 4 3 3 4 8 11 12 22 7 3 2 7 9 18 10 3 11 7 17 6 9 7 3 5 0 -
AVG.DEPTH(FEET) 6,817 5,827 6,919 6,343 6,868 8,432 7,548 10,078 6,991 6,991 8,736 9,107 9,107 10,207 9,446 9,118 7,841 10,495 9,800 9,100 9,252 9,000 9,100 9,015 9,000 9,000 9,000 8,990 -0.1
ECUADOR 29 27 32 32 24 22 29 28 36 39 38 63 64 59 67 72 58 65 51 29 48 93 102 93 112 134 154 106 -31.2
OIL 27 26 28 29 22 21 27 24 28 30 37 60 59 57 63 68 49 60 42 20 36 84 96 89 97 118 125 104 -16.8
GAS 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
DRY 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 8 8 .. 3 5 2 3 2 .. 1 5 5 8 4 .. .. 6 7 11 .. ..
OTHERS .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 2 9 4 4 4 4 5 6 4 9 9 18 2 -88.9
AVG.DEPTH(FEET) 7,564 9,538 7,284 8,253 8,969 9,113 9,572 9,000 8,618 7,386 8,957 9,194 8,900 9,667 9,580 8,911 8,350 8,345 9,357 3,034 5,625 9,820 9,226 9,225 9,725 8,775 9,730 11,477 17.9
INDONESIA 550 727 773 891 762 678 653 463 516 635 737 785 711 762 1,119 745 858 1,006 1,016 1,051 1,031 1,200 848 913 1,100 328 609 395 -35.1
OIL 354 397 361 475 454 413 349 373 305 406 450 512 472 332 774 389 337 528 639 715 771 855 547 558 807 185 346 197 -43.1
GAS 38 63 54 36 39 37 40 47 27 45 53 62 57 85 100 57 24 166 171 139 46 85 60 42 88 75 161 128 -20.5
DRY 129 170 165 166 108 117 77 35 70 62 64 83 65 63 63 46 67 71 84 55 40 62 24 25 80 13 31 24 -22.6
OTHER 29 97 193 214 161 111 187 8 114 122 170 128 117 282 182 253 430 241 122 142 174 198 217 288 125 55 71 46 -35.2
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 5,295 5,100 5,008 4,236 4,143 4,815 4,501 3,570 3,714 3,669 3,935 3,588 4,300 3,563 3,325 3,390 3,700 3,478 4,502 3,285 3,300 3,324 3,290 3,079 3,330 3,350 3,120 3,100 -0.6
I.R.IRAN            25 .. .. .. 28 50 48 29 23 28 24 52 99 67 176 67 113 125 124 134 150 99 135 131 177 183 172 193 12.2
OIL 25 .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 12 12 12 40 . . 60 120 54 62 112 76 84 95 73 73 59 97 90 73 82 12.3
GAS   .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 11 13 5 5 . . 4 18 5 4 3 12 5 - 18 13 8 20 15 9 10 11.1
DRY   .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 - - 5 5 . . 3 - 4 4 5 - - - 1 - 2 6 10 2 3 50.0
OTHER   .. .. .. .. .. .. . - 3 2 2 . . - 38 4 43 5 36 45 55 7 49 62 54 68 88 98 11.4
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) .. .. .. .. .. 6,629 7,798 10,062 9,235 10,529 9,563 9,615 9,497 10,097 7,790 10,939 7,086 7,402 7,543 7,073 6,301 9,229 7,184 6,552 7,200 7,541 6,220 5,920 -4.8
IRAQ 67 39   .. .. 60 90 52 102 178 113 5 31 30 8 10 . . 10 12 12 14 16 . . . . 20 15 16 21 31.3
OIL 40 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88 137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 15 36.4
GAS   .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - -
DRY 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 -
OTHER 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 5 25.0
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 9,791 .. .. .. .. .. 9,689 9,615 6,971 5,873 5,880 . . 8,467 8,421 9,000 9,000 . . . . 9,000 7,667 . . . . . . . . 3,177 6,561 8,170 8,200 0.4
KUWAIT 36 44 12 34 13 12 15 19 13 13 7 20 82 55 50 45 28 45 36 99 138 100 91 109 73 67 121 186 53.7
OIL 30   5 18 8 10 15 19 13 10 . . 20 82 . . . . 41 25 29 30 99 128 93 66 94 64 59 74 126 70.3
GAS  -  -  -  - -  -  -  - - - . . - - . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - 33 48 -
DRY 6   3 14 3 2   . - 1 . . - - . . . . - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - - -
OTHER     4 2 2  -  -  - - 2 . . - - . . . . 4 3 16 6 - 10 7 25 15 8 6 14 12 -14.3
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 2,155 3,048 4,817 4,541 10,945 10,375 8,632 11,150 12,446 10,308 14,500 4,800 3,843 . . 8,718 9,752 10,002 6,796 10,473 8,000 7,643 7,580 8,165 8,200 8,150 8,175 8,201 8,235 0.4
S.P.LIBYAN, A.J. 192 157 89 80 118 65 40 41 100 110 98 94 94 100 100 88 131 128 123 90 109 97 100 126 130 115 152 197 29.6
OIL 149 119 74 .. 69 18 21 14 . . . . . . 59 65 68 70 65 101 96 90 70 71 78 60 80 83 102 86 119 38.4
GAS 8     .. 12 4 3 3 . . . . . . - - - - - 2 4 5 2 2 2 18 28 25 2 22 4 -81.8
DRY 20 31 15 .. 25 16 16 16 . . . . . . 26 12 15 18 14 18 20 19 11 25 9 11 9 10 4 42 38 -9.5
OTHER 15 7   .. 12 27  - 8 . . . . . . 9 17 17 12 9 10 8 9 7 11 8 11 9 12 7 2 36 -
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 8,597 8,597 8,307 8,601 9,963 12,308 12,500 9,878 8,878 8,091 8,520 9,392 9,586 9,886 9,884 9,878 7,297 7,077 7,724 7,724 7,796 7,600 8,480 6,702 6,705 6,710 8,215 7,384 -10.1
NIGERIA 114 172 145 109 94 64 65 58 65 96 80 137 95 106 66 119 138 137 132 82 85 110 119 207 85 95 143 183 28.0
OIL 34 .. 49 79 61 31 39 35 . . 86 53 115 88 95 . . 95 118 95 88 54 62 80 83 200 62 69 104 153 47.1
GAS 2 .. 1  - 1 6 15 3 . . - 1 2 - 1 . . 3 2 8 10 6 3 4 5 7 7 8 12 14 -
DRY 29 .. 20 17 25 10 9 11 . . - 8 16 7 10 . . 18 7 9 11 7 10 13 15 - 9 10 15 1 -93.3
OTHER 49 .. 75 13 7 17 2 9 . . 10 18 4 - - . . 3 11 25 23 15 10 13 16 - 7 8 12 15 25.0
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 9,960 8,865 8,836 3,009 8,579 8,211 9,492 14,689 9,517 9,472 6,795 9,137 14,071 8,045 9,470 7,810 10,314 9,364 9,538 9,615 9,311 9,000 9,000 9,019 9,010 9,015 9,038 9,057 0.2
QATAR 57 46 47 31 17 13 4 8 36 12 23 25 12 37 38 30 78 121 117 66 66 87 96 74 82 62 85 88 3.5
OIL 34 27 38 23 13 10 2 . 8 11 7 22 5 22 36 26 71 100 79 40 40 61 57 42 45 12 17 18 5.9
GAS 5  - 1 2 1 1 1 1 18 - - - 4 - 1 2 2 10 13 4 12 1 7 7 9 31 44 45 2.3
DRY  -  -  - 2 -    - 1 8 - 4 3 3 - 1 2 5 4 - - 2 4 1 3 3 4 5 6 20.0
OTHER 18 19 8 4 3 2 1 6 2 1 12 - - 15 - - - 7 25 22 12 21 31 22 25 15 19 18 -5.3
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 7,492 7,276 6,926 7,861 7,174 6,902 4,823 5,592 4,771 16,633 6,036 6,749 5,779 7,575 8,044 7,169 7,617 6,883 7,300 7,300 7,410 9,165 12363 12364 12365 9480 9400 10524 12.0
SAUDI ARABIA 223 229 185 184 92 96 30 24 18 45 98 194 246 226 183 187 182 305 284 224 257 265 250 330 315 373 420 490 16.7
OIL 119 88 70 114 62 82 17 9 7 20 71 124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 214 . . . . . . . . . .
GAS  - 1 4 8 8  - 4 2 - 1 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 59 . . . . . . . . . .
DRY 20 25 31 18  -  -  - . - - 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 . . . . . . . . . .
OTHER 84 115 80 44 22 14 9 13 11 24 24 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 46 . . . . . . . . . .
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 6,000 5,688 6,200 6,564 7,608 7,396 7,570 8,045 7,701 7,313 7,072 7,098 8,000 7,700 7,700 7,279 8,395 8,754 8,176 8,175 8,049 8,100 8,150 8,109 8,000 8,005 8,010 8,110 1.3
SAUDI-KUWAIT DIV.ZONE 4 5 9 7 1 1  -  - 1 1 - 2 1 5 5 20 48 46 40 35 40 50 35 40 25 17 54 47 -13.0
OIL 3 4 7 7  - 1  -  - - 1 - 2 1 4 5 20 40 36 33 29 37 43 31 36 21 14 47 41 -12.8
GAS  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
DRY  -  - 2  -  -  -  -  - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 - 1 1 1 -
OTHER 1 1  -  - 1  -  -  - 1 - - - - - - - 8 9 5 3 2 5 3 3 4 2 6 5 -16.7
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 7,487 9,300 6,598 9,071 5,614 5,870  -  - 5,029 6,831 . 5,250 7,300 9,200 9,120 7,580 7,488 7,413 7,048 7,050 7,020 6,500 6500 6500 6520 6525 6520 6501 -0.3
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 109 146 233 248 142 208 152 78 62 63 75 111 111 114 108 112 125 148 125 108 87 92 101 103 101 109 105 110 4.8
OIL 49 65 79 91 82 133 93 60 52 52 63 70 73 44 39 60 61 72 65 50 43 46 53 54 51 94 93 96 3.2
GAS 3  - 9 31 7  - 1 . 1 2 2 10 4 15 24 18 36 45 22 28 30 30 32 34 35 6 5 7 40.0
DRY 4 2 6 8 3 11 2 . 2 1 3 8 1 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 33.3
OTHER 53 79 139 118 50 64 56 18 7 8 7 23 33 50 39 29 22 24 31 24 12 12 14 11 12 5 4 3 -25.0
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 10,057 9,711 10,256 10,016 9,605 9,284 8,688 9,706 9,089 9,520 9,334 7,966 9,050 10,299 9,943 10,742 10,900 10,097 11,045 11,908 9,110 9,150 8931 8925 8937 8908 8913 8926 0.1
VENEZUELA 819 905 1,174 1,324 587 373 209 117 186 153 236 744 685 660 412 550 961 1,088 1,110 827 691 1,278 958 615 1,175 1,281 1,508 1,560 3.4
OIL 728 814 1,074 796 556 332 183 93 168 137 202 603 491 482 401 321 575 1,013 671 386 564 989 742 475 915 997 1,170 1,210 3.4
GAS   3 5 4 5  - 4 4 - - - - - - - 6 - 4 3 2 - 1 3 3 6 7 10 10 0.0
DRY 80 68 67 32 2 4 2 3 - 5 5 3 4 2 8 10 8 1 18 19 2 6 5 7 11 12 15 26 73.3
OTHER 11 20 28 492 24 37 20 17 18 11 29 138 190 176 3 213 378 70 418 420 125 282 208 130 243 265 313 314 0.3
AVG. DEPTH (FEET) 7,390 6,998 6,500 3,742 5,682 5,775 4,968 7,897 6,403 10,575 8,688 4,810 6,975 4,600 4,639 5,519 5,593 6,119 5,445 6,186 5,866 6,531 6,534 6,535 5,752 5,755 5,756 6,536 13.6
TOTAL OPEC  2,498 2,696 2,933 3,160 2,001 1,741 1,428 1,024 1,275 1,469 1,669 2,357 2,379 2,367 2,461 2,200 2,918 3,381 3,318 2,909 2,893 3,710 3,058 2,980 3,635 3,022 3,898 3,934 0.9
OIL 1,684 1,652 1,907 1,692 1,373 1,100 791 688 744 944 957 1,697 1,448 1,256 1,592 1,249 1,562 2,240 1,918 1,642 1,951 2,533 2,115 2,045 2,402 1,921 2,394 2,419 1.0
GAS 155 105 115 83 73 62 80 83 70 74 80 106 82 122 160 113 91 263 258 209 128 176 223 230 223 181 352 315 -10.5
DRY 337 322 360 273 175 186 130 103 111 103 123 168 102 122 117 115 150 142 164 129 121 145 90 93 152 84 153 135 -11.8
OTHER 322 362 551 892 286 283 289 98 185 238 291 381 371 556 285 526 933 421 682 693 422 575 630 612 523 463 579 574 -0.9
AVG DEPTH (FEET) 7,442 7,335 7,144 6,697 7,782 7,756 8,027 9,015 7,718 8,732 8,183 7,273 8,075 8,226 8,217 8,224 7,978 7,796 8,292 7,518 7,450 8,166 8,194 8,106 7,699 7,745 7,809 7,970 2.1
                                                           
WORLD (2,3 84,192 99,116 105,566 87,349 95,575 91,659 59,339 59,000 53,467 49,709 50,880 47,700 46,479 50,876 46,971 52,242 56,088 68,553 50,106 45095 60095 67817 64,553 70,526 89,478 93,527 104,009 104,120 0.1
OIL 35,173 40,247 41,336 38,073 41,683 40,183 25542 24833 19,616 20,374 20,240 19,526 18,200 15,910 15,454 17,556 19,599 22,316 14,206 11058 17338 17971 16,680 18,376 20,043 20,246 35,328 36,375 3.0
GAS 15,238 18,249 17,628 13,047 13,793 14,648 9216 9751 9,820 9,807 10,549 9,990 9,465 13,679 13,030 12,730 13,669 17,103 15,983 15301 22861 30614 27,564 34,424 41,490 43,395 41,715 41,790 0.2
DRY 20,389 26,185 27,307 21,565 24,477 23,367 15403 14190 12,652 10,163 9,721 9,695 8,813 9,642 9,836 8,857 9,320 9,596 7,169 5765 6280 6192 5,050 5,943 6,789 7,666 7,247 7,200 -0.6
OTHER 7,168 7,353 11,211 8,579 7,367 3,885 2073 2892 1,673 2,819 3,100 1,827 1,790 2,107 932 1,672 2,985 3,693 2,589 2681 3227 2128 4,821 1,259 2,995 3,100 4,612 4,650 0.8
AVG DEPTH (FEET) 4,904 4,794 4,542 4,692 5,100 4,942 4,947 4,818 4,926 5,076 5,168 5,495 6,866 6,550 6,406 5,201 5,351 5,212 5,466 5343 5054 5212 5,202 5,156 5,604 5,246 5,841 5,850 0.2
 1)Includes development and exploration wells. 
 2) Excluding Eastern Europe.
 3) Summation of wells by category may not equal to  the totals due to the missing data for some countries.
 Note: Others = service and  suspended wells.
 Sources: Direct communications to the Secretariat. World Oil.