News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Matt Skinner, Public Information

Phone: (405) 521-4180, FAX: (405) 522-1623,  m.skinner@occmail.occ.state.ok.us

 

December 10, 2002

 

LATEST OKLAHOMA OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION NUMBERS SHOW DROP**

 

 (Oklahoma City) The latest Oklahoma Corporation Commission report on oil and natural gas production in Oklahoma puts total oil production in Oklahoma for August 2002 at 5,583,461 barrels. That is a decrease of 26.154 barrels from the July 2002 (revised) total of 5,609,615 barrels.

 

Through August of this year, oil production in Oklahoma totaled 45,180,241 barrels. That is 1,547,634 barrels less than the (revised) total reported for the same time period last year, 46,727,875 barrels.

 

Total natural gas production for August 2002 was 125,464,652 mcf, a decrease of 2,475,297 mcf from the July (revised) total of 127,939,949 mcf.  

 

Gas production also decreased when compared to the same time period a year ago. Through August of this year, natural gas production in Oklahoma totaled 1,021,898,961 mcf. That is 76,808,478 mcf less than the (revised) total reported for the same time period last year, 1,098,707,439 mcf. 

 

The average price-per-barrel for Oklahoma oil in August 2002 was $26.73, an increase of  $1.31 over the previous month’s average of 25.42.

 

The average price for Oklahoma gas in August 2002 was $2.73 mcf, a decrease of 14 cents from the previous month’s average price of 2.87 mcf.

                                                                       

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                              All OCC advisories and releases are available at www.occ.state.ok.us

 

**Please Note: All numbers are subject to change, and should be used for       

                                            trend purposes only.

 

A PDF FILE SHOWING THE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY BREAKDOWN OF THE PRODUCTION NUMBERS IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.occ.state.ok.us/TEXT_FILES/o&gfiles.htm

 

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.