News from the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission
Phone: (405)
521-4180, FAX: (405) 522-1623, www.occ.state.ok.us
MEDIA
ADVISORY: OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION NUMBERS
(Oklahoma City) The latest Oklahoma
Corporation Commission report on oil and natural gas production in Oklahoma has
been released. It shows total oil production in Oklahoma for 2001 (January
through December) was 68,453,918 barrels. This is 2,733,114 barrels below the
production of 2000, which totaled 71,187,032.
Natural
gas production also showed a decline. Total natural gas production for 2001 was
1,588,738,285 MCF. That is a drop of 86,131,532 MCF from 2000, when production
totaled 1,674,869,817 MCF.
NOTE:
A CHART SHOWING THE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY AND MATERIAL BREAKDOWN OF THE PRODUCTION
NUMBERS IS AVAILABLE AT THE OCC WEB SITE www.occ.state.ok.us
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION IN OKLAHOMA, CALL LARRY CLAXTON,
MANAGER – STATISTICS/SURETY DEPARTMENT, OIL AND GAS DIVISION, OKLAHOMA
CORPORATION COMMISSION (405) 521-2273.
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