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

 

May 7, 2003

 

OKLAHOMA OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION NUMBERS ARE MIXED IN LATEST REPORT**

 

 (Oklahoma City) The latest Oklahoma Corporation Commission report on oil and natural gas production in Oklahoma shows a jump in oil production in Oklahoma from December 2002 to January 2003, but a decline in natural gas production over the same time period.  

 

January 03 oil production totaled 5,776,741 barrels, an increase of 539,529 barrels over the (revised) December 02 production of 5,237,212 barrels.

 

January 03 gas production totaled 115,787,555 mcf (thousand cubic feet) in January, a drop from the (revised) December 02 production of 127,087,139 mcf (thousand cubic feet).

 

The average price-per-barrel for Oklahoma oil in Jaunary 03 was $31.39 a barrel, compared to the December 02 average price of 28.17 a barrel.

 

The average price for Oklahoma gas in January 2003 was  $4.56 mcf, compared to  $3.95 mcf for December 2002. 

                                                                      

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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.

 

ATTACHED IS A CHART SHOWING THE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY BREAKDOWN OF THE PRODUCTION NUMBERS. THE CHART IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN PDF OR EXCEL FORMATS 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.