ABSTRACT
This is the second annual report on data gathered by the committee on statistics of exploratory drilling.
During 1946, 5,752 exploratory holes were drilled in the United States. Of these, 3,125 were new-field wildcats, 1,270 were new-pool tests (including new-pool wildcats, deeper-pool tests, and shallower-pool tests), and 1,357 were outposts. Among the new-field wildcats, 333 were successful; among the new-pool tests, 380 were successful; and among the outposts, 424 were successful.
The total exploratory footage drilled was 22,167,561 feet in the 5,752 holes, or 3,854 feet per hole. These figures are comparable with 23,030,266 feet drilled in 5,613 exploratory holes, with an average depth of 4,103 feet, in 1945.
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