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

 

November 14, 2003

 

REPORT ON OKLAHOMA OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION SHOWS CONTINUED DROP**

 

 (Oklahoma City) The latest Oklahoma Corporation Commission report on oil and natural gas production in Oklahoma shows that oil and gas production continued its decline from June to July of 2003.

 

July 2003 oil production totaled 5,247,542 barrels, a decrease of 72,404 barrels from the June (revised) production of 5,319,946 barrels.

 

July 2003 gas production totaled 97,081,576 mcf (thousand cubic feet), a drop of 22,432,199 mcf from the June 2003 (revised) production total of 119,513,775 mcf (thousand cubic feet).

 

The average price for Oklahoma oil in July 2003 was 29.88 a barrel, compared to the June 2003 (revised) average price of  $29.42 a barrel.

 

The average price for Oklahoma gas in July 2003 was  $4.83 mcf, compared to  $5.15 mcf   for June 2003 (revised). 

 

The total oil production from January to July 2003 was 37,915,918 barrels, compared to 38,894,713 for the same time period in 2002. The average price-per-barrel for the period January 03 to July 03 was $30.39. For the same time period in 2002, the average price was $18.21.

 

The total gas production from January to July 2003 was 811,308,499 mcf (thousand cubic feet), compared to 914,782,139 mcf (thousand cubic feet) for the same time period in 2002.  However, the average price for natural gas for January 03 to July 03 is markedly higher than for the same period a year before. The average natural gas price for January 03 – July 03

was $5.15 per-mcf. For the same time period in 2002, the average price was $2.64. 

                                                                      

-OCC-

 

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 CHART SHOWING THE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY BREAKDOWN OF THE PRODUCTION NUMBERS IS 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.