(Western Canada) Source - Daily Oil Bulletin

Note: monthly well completions are typically available in the middle of the following month. For clarity, only the previous six years of data is presented on this page.  Data from 1983 to 1999 is available in a .pdf format here.
	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999
January	840	1178	2018	2257	1642	1723	1991	1370	861	886	1019	355
Oil	429	248	453	584	425	323	413	287	166	286	361	57
Gas	343	813	1444	1579	1156	1306	1463	964	563	490	496	237
Dry	55	70	90	85	45	81	85	105	114	106	151	58
Srv.	13	47	31	9	16	13	30	14	18	4	11	3
February	935	1451	1051	2054	2193	1403	1126	1040	715	937	1000	783
Oil	378	269	282	451	510	301	340	281	179	323	355	102
Gas	466	1060	699	1482	1529	972	679	616	405	380	435	461
Dry	77	86	59	101	140	119	97	131	120	221	199	217
Srv.	14	36	11	20	14	11	10	12	11	13	11	3
March	1358	1805	1917	2279	2383	1944	1949	1650	1769	2072	1742	1311
Oil	548	433	567	588	423	388	459	419	362	601	548	159
Gas	681	1121	1150	1472	1718	1385	1294	1031	1180	1132	844	865
Dry	109	165	176	194	172	129	168	187	207	266	325	280
Srv.	20	86	24	25	20	42	28	13	20	73	25	7
April	760	606	1580	1431	2135	1661	1939	1389	1285	1516	924	605
Oil	291	148	419	312	331	238	361	316	244	311	210	65
Gas	458	380	949	1003	1663	1309	1417	964	859	994	540	451
Dry	2	65	192	110	135	101	141	89	156	189	169	78
Srv.	9	13	20	6	6	13	20	20	26	22	5	11
May	1059	438	989	749	1583	1264	1597	1264	809	1847	1284	420
Oil	490	89	249	235	256	227	250	199	208	417	477	100
Gas	511	258	500	473	1222	952	1264	734	504	1266	646	259
Dry	39	54	228	38	74	51	77	54	69	149	153	50
Srv.	19	37	12	3	31	34	6	18	28	15	8	11
June	504	460	579	1052	1228	1252	1505	1296	1345	1869	1352	838
Oil	295	177	269	389	290	269	361	310	398	504	519	215
Gas	153	211	221	609	854	883	1027	855	828	1195	711	536
Dry	40	45	83	43	75	74	100	120	97	135	100	71
Srv.	16	27	6	11	9	26	17	11	22	35	22	16
July	629	478	1274	1080	1086	1474	1583	1624	1106	1079	891	546
Oil	412	211	503	298	390	387	278	420	389	292	289	123
Gas	178	213	650	721	645	789	1212	1078	635	693	506	336
Dry	27	37	116	56	42	273	75	114	73	80	87	77
Srv.	12	17	5	5	9	25	18	12	9	14	9	10
August		590	1181	1417	1581	2472	2063	1731	1094	1555	1105	764
Oil		250	590	569	473	520	424	385	389	427	444	213
Gas		267	501	749	1008	1724	1540	1254	621	981	540	427
Dry		36	71	81	93	210	79	79	72	136	112	98
Srv.		37	19	18	7	18	20	13	12	11	9	26
September		599	2228	1631	1647	1975	2208	3361	1546	1958	2390	1584
Oil		357	728	521	477	505	407	497	490	505	708	493
Gas		181	1250	1015	1081	1298	1532	2745	944	1304	1496	920
Dry		50	173	69	77	82	203	97	100	110	152	150
Srv.		11	77	26	12	90	66	22	12	39	34	21
October		571	2207	2116	1982	1688	2051	1468	1816	1,132	1441	1081
Oil		331	636	478	600	500	402	442	364	323	400	317
Gas		196	1308	1567	1287	1106	1560	941	1365	661	895	636
Dry		32	194	56	80	67	68	67	81	136	129	121
Srv.		15	69	15	15	15	21	18	6	12	17	7
November		704	2096	1859	2555	2136	2138	1700	639	1119	1674	793
Oil		382	594	508	792	492	396	503	229	403	630	330
Gas		244	1310	1276	1676	1529	1669	1102	308	610	859	363
Dry		68	146	63	72	92	65	79	72	96	163	91
Srv.		10	46	12	15	23	8	16	30	10	22	9
December		468	3609**	1237	2221	2935	1444	2215	1480	1975	1663	1521
Oil		283	919	499	610	665	377	412	405	323	521	555
Gas		138	2379	700	1523	2102	992	1679	894	1475	966	815
Dry		34	174	32	72	145	104	100	110	137	163	135
Srv.		13	137	6	16	23	11	24	71	40	13	16

**the well completion numbers are drawn from Nickles Daily Oil Bulletin. As per the January 12, 2009, issue: December was a catch-up month for DOB reported completions which are much higher than actual drilling activity for the month .... Reported well completions, including 932 drilled prior to 2007-2008, reached 3609 as Bulletin staff cleaned up a backlog of well with unreported status.

Well Completions - Western Canada:
Annual

Well Completions - Data by Province and Region (western Canada, northern Canada, eastern Canada)
Annual (1983 - 2008)



August 23, 2010 3:24 PM