API: US Drilling At 20-Year High, Gas Drilling At Record

Schlumberger – The first half of 2006 marked a 20-year high in U.S. drilling activity, the American Petroleum Institute said Wednesday.

Natural gas led the way despite low prices, with 14,784 natural gas wells completed. That’s an all-time record, said the API, an energy industry group based in Washington, D.C.
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