News from the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission
Phone: (405)
521-4180, FAX: (405) 522-1623, m.skinner@occmail.occ.state.ok.us
LATEST OKLAHOMA OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION NUMBERS ARE MIXED
Increase in oil production for the year, but natural gas lower
(Oklahoma City) The latest Oklahoma
Corporation Commission report on oil and natural gas production in Oklahoma
puts total oil production in Oklahoma for April 2002 at 5,324,764 barrels. That
is a decrease of 1, 477,850 barrels from the March total of 6,802,614 barrels,
but an increase of 529,349 barrels over April 2001.
Through
April of this year oil production in Oklahoma totaled 22,345,798 barrels. That
is 2,174,069 barrels more than in the same time period last year.
Total
natural gas production for April 2002 was 122,700,478 mcf, an increase of 15,487,567 mcf from the March total of 107,212,911 mcf. However, the April 2002 gas
production total was far below that
recorded in April 2001, being some
135,378,660 mcf less than the April 2001 total of 258,079,138 mcf.
Through
April of this year natural gas production in Oklahoma totaled 470,686,739 mcf.
That is 560,353,981 mcf less than the total for the same time period last year.
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EDITORS,
PLEASE NOTE: A COUNTY-BY COUNTY BREAKDOWN OF THE LATEST OIL AND GAS NUMBERS IS
AVAILABLE FROM THE COMMISSION WEB SITE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS - http://www.occ.state.ok.us/TEXT_FILES/o&gfiles.htm
(click on (OGMONTH PDF)
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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