Table 1. Discovery table showing recoverable oil in oil fields based on the Energy Information Administration (1977 through 1996) dataset. "Oil in oil fields in MMBO: conventional, Lower 48 States, onshore and State waters, created 7/8/00. Fields were classified as oil if the field gas-to-oil ratio is less than 20,000 cubic feet per barrel." Report Year Commodity Discovery Year 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 No. Fields oil 1898 1730 1762 1747 1788 1778 1787 1788 1819 1748 1789 1818 1854 1838 1841 1839 1860 1950 1956 1966 1975 320 oil 1899 5101 5160 5259 5313 5347 5412 5514 5636 5745 5826 5862 5916 5917 5934 5927 5930 5911 5904 5991 6058 104 oil 1900 649 659 669 674 677 700 702 718 731 714 724 732 731 740 743 748 748 755 763 755 21 oil 1901 2289 2265 2367 2474 2515 2542 2608 2812 2944 2983 3030 3263 3435 3480 3475 3479 3539 3578 3621 3651 15 oil 1902 945 948 940 968 948 980 995 1040 1039 1056 1124 1135 1221 1188 1201 1190 1170 1174 1175 1165 12 oil 1903 110 110 111 111 113 114 115 117 118 118 120 121 122 122 123 124 124 123 123 124 13 oil 1904 577 589 591 595 595 601 596 601 613 616 619 621 622 625 628 631 633 637 639 643 16 oil 1905 1912 1865 1893 1872 1864 1885 1918 1912 1927 1954 1955 1966 2013 2020 2034 2054 2057 2077 2093 2093 17 oil 1906 797 809 820 835 841 837 841 862 879 904 913 930 937 959 965 964 951 964 957 917 25 oil 1907 15 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 14 oil 1908 55 55 57 57 58 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 62 62 65 63 63 62 65 65 9 oil 1909 1546 1531 1536 1542 1536 1519 1515 1570 1576 1570 1587 1566 1557 1554 1559 1552 1577 1525 1525 1527 16 oil 1910 1739 1728 1750 1766 1804 1800 1812 1824 1856 1854 1877 1896 1925 1949 1974 2011 2068 2084 2073 2084 17 oil 1911 1436 1683 1816 1925 1923 1952 1983 2007 2043 2146 2252 2382 2431 2451 2497 2492 2523 2545 2556 2695 18 oil 1912 1161 1179 1194 1222 1250 1256 1255 1264 1307 1339 1348 1357 1381 1381 1383 1375 1376 1374 1378 1376 17 oil 1913 708 713 722 724 725 737 739 746 753 754 753 758 767 763 768 775 774 777 782 786 25 oil 1914 402 408 418 433 445 445 465 467 472 464 469 470 473 473 471 478 477 479 478 489 30 oil 1915 1322 1314 1344 1355 1376 1359 1379 1387 1437 1424 1463 1465 1492 1488 1486 1490 1495 1474 1474 1480 29 oil 1916 2153 2161 2195 2205 2219 2250 2287 2337 2366 2383 2424 2438 2497 2536 2549 2562 2582 2592 2604 2659 41 oil 1917 1101 1094 1076 1094 1108 1117 1123 1129 1141 1129 1129 1141 1146 1145 1150 1152 1154 1153 1155 1162 40 oil 1918 933 933 942 955 960 954 962 976 994 979 983 988 990 999 998 1001 997 1011 1015 1015 30 oil 1919 2624 2651 2704 2725 2726 2741 2774 2778 2776 2794 2788 2792 2802 2812 2819 2820 2819 2823 2822 2828 48 oil 1920 2345 2355 2359 2376 2404 2414 2431 2461 2468 2574 2545 2605 2571 2579 2556 2564 2571 2574 2555 2562 56 oil 1921 1998 1976 1961 1953 1957 1958 1962 1971 1984 1972 1980 1982 1995 1991 1992 1996 1994 1988 1991 1996 45 oil 1922 1634 1642 1640 1659 1662 1674 1683 1698 1701 1688 1708 1718 1753 1780 1770 1768 1766 1765 1763 1774 50 oil 1923 1356 1355 1361 1379 1388 1401 1420 1431 1474 1469 1501 1482 1490 1500 1492 1501 1493 1491 1507 1525 41 oil 1924 1177 1174 1176 1175 1192 1200 1214 1231 1243 1241 1251 1265 1265 1278 1283 1284 1292 1304 1315 1325 50 oil 1925 1301 1293 1316 1329 1338 1350 1367 1379 1398 1399 1437 1435 1468 1483 1488 1486 1490 1505 1509 1545 59 oil 1926 4001 4054 4093 4103 4148 4082 4125 4148 4202 4223 4250 4281 4301 4315 4324 4338 4371 4388 4394 4419 79 oil 1927 1962 1956 1957 1966 1979 1986 2007 2051 2043 2049 2067 2061 2071 2077 2088 2095 2099 2108 2120 2125 80 oil 1928 2960 2966 2981 3017 3037 3078 3104 3120 3145 3144 3160 3160 3179 3185 3182 3185 3186 3188 3197 3202 75 oil 1929 4048 4109 3988 3989 4010 4026 4090 4178 4209 4215 4234 4294 4281 4299 4316 4331 4361 4377 4403 4455 93 oil 1930 8071 8039 7953 8019 8035 7996 8062 8092 8114 8112 8139 8165 8195 8215 8176 8190 8228 8246 8252 8277 53 oil 1931 2124 2110 2082 2081 2090 2091 2098 2110 2116 2125 2126 2140 2154 2164 2167 2173 2173 2186 2193 2197 30 oil 1932 3036 3043 3223 3210 3196 3194 3191 3237 3222 3203 3247 3263 3249 3239 3255 3258 3256 3277 3283 3292 45 oil 1933 1079 1091 1103 1090 1092 1093 1102 1110 1117 1129 1138 1143 1148 1149 1146 1155 1155 1154 1156 1159 41 oil 1934 2418 2413 2414 2418 2433 2440 2474 2524 2527 2531 2554 2549 2562 2571 2586 2597 2612 2615 2624 2631 70 oil 1935 2877 2866 2803 2808 2822 2833 2853 2868 2876 2878 2887 2911 2934 2942 2986 2996 3012 3039 3042 3055 96 oil 1936 2537 2538 2579 2607 2747 2753 2785 2802 2833 2848 2886 2926 2916 2916 2952 2979 3002 3018 3031 3038 112 oil 1937 5580 5641 5700 6007 6123 6259 6273 6429 6723 6654 6726 6872 6955 7016 7079 7064 7012 6883 6963 6967 136 oil 1938 4958 4915 4906 4941 4966 5016 5034 5061 5114 5120 5148 5141 5155 5180 5210 5232 5270 5272 5292 5297 156 oil 1939 1679 1678 1658 1655 1672 1656 1660 1676 1686 1693 1725 1739 1745 1767 1777 1760 1757 1761 1761 1793 150 oil 1940 4079 4057 3830 3857 3880 3898 3933 3977 4077 4119 4172 4203 4227 4252 4257 4273 4279 4357 4368 4383 182 oil 1941 1448 1446 1434 1424 1435 1437 1450 1474 1488 1488 1492 1501 1511 1518 1519 1522 1519 1525 1529 1538 208 oil 1942 1680 1685 1732 1753 1773 1786 1803 1820 1866 1880 1894 1906 1925 1968 1971 1973 1973 1992 2019 2020 188 oil 1943 1131 1154 1158 1171 1184 1196 1208 1226 1237 1254 1267 1279 1294 1302 1311 1313 1314 1311 1313 1325 198 oil 1944 2661 2687 2696 2752 2760 2786 2811 2862 2922 2914 2941 2968 2997 3006 3017 3051 3015 3040 3044 3055 239 oil 1945 2736 2745 2829 2862 2909 2937 2977 3010 3111 3148 3223 3264 3294 3328 3317 3348 3363 3393 3415 3459 222 oil 1946 852 852 851 853 860 882 881 886 896 917 920 914 926 932 929 924 925 934 935 940 196 oil 1947 1695 1688 1671 1764 1780 1778 1813 1826 1870 1866 1898 1879 1903 1920 1936 1938 1946 1964 1967 1987 257 oil 1948 2946 2963 2961 2987 2995 3090 3149 3173 3184 3152 3175 3197 3211 3220 3132 3143 3151 3165 3174 3194 352 oil 1949 2222 2213 2209 2240 2251 2288 2339 2375 2428 2485 2522 2523 2531 2568 2579 2582 2586 2612 2610 2628 408 oil 1950 3227 3305 3341 3377 3414 3450 3523 3596 3690 3748 3806 3881 3914 4044 4104 4106 4103 4173 4264 4335 525 oil 1951 1447 1441 1457 1470 1498 1532 1553 1568 1590 1612 1624 1647 1660 1677 1674 1686 1692 1693 1699 1713 606 oil 1952 1652 1642 1644 1658 1680 1696 1700 1722 1839 1769 1796 1796 1815 1830 1838 1858 1851 1863 1872 1892 682 oil 1953 2046 2070 2094 2139 2187 2213 2256 2297 2316 2322 2351 2371 2403 2430 2446 2450 2491 2516 2543 2597 765 oil 1954 1117 1119 1135 1139 1165 1162 1176 1187 1203 1201 1211 1220 1237 1246 1254 1260 1268 1267 1280 1289 677 oil 1955 1144 1152 1164 1179 1199 1225 1242 1275 1294 1302 1310 1326 1348 1361 1370 1383 1397 1421 1433 1444 811 oil 1956 1493 1511 1567 1608 1639 1658 1711 1745 1788 1805 1863 1882 1944 1988 2008 2028 2067 2102 2125 2133 728 oil 1957 949 967 982 1000 1022 1042 1063 1097 1117 1123 1140 1147 1165 1173 1173 1196 1211 1224 1225 1228 700 oil 1958 1484 1490 1425 1431 1451 1436 1458 1483 1503 1511 1524 1545 1574 1584 1572 1584 1593 1619 1632 1650 589 oil 1959 759 759 769 790 794 819 830 842 867 872 884 896 894 905 916 921 925 944 957 982 607 oil 1960 793 811 802 851 843 861 889 905 914 915 922 937 937 939 954 955 967 974 988 998 475 oil 1961 369 374 386 393 408 427 438 454 471 468 479 479 492 497 506 513 510 510 514 521 453 oil 1962 547 552 563 581 600 614 651 659 668 673 687 685 679 684 694 700 699 715 724 734 487 oil 1963 355 358 366 383 411 423 433 449 457 466 471 485 494 521 532 540 542 552 565 565 456 oil 1964 481 463 469 474 490 504 516 529 547 551 558 560 567 582 602 621 622 624 658 681 454 oil 1965 461 473 491 503 512 520 532 546 556 561 568 575 585 593 608 609 613 620 628 630 411 oil 1966 474 464 485 498 514 486 499 506 512 519 515 516 528 528 529 522 534 538 537 547 457 oil 1967 345 355 366 385 384 388 402 407 421 426 438 450 451 453 460 463 462 470 480 487 438 oil 1968 314 321 319 330 340 353 367 370 384 386 386 393 397 407 415 419 427 429 434 449 407 oil 1969 328 341 350 365 372 382 388 396 409 417 422 425 429 437 438 447 450 453 465 467 437 oil 1970 784 805 812 873 892 922 925 958 977 983 990 1009 1018 1023 1024 1040 1076 1112 1116 1153 335 oil 1971 170 180 187 199 208 221 240 232 245 245 247 256 259 268 292 306 297 287 299 309 321 oil 1972 413 441 442 470 483 503 518 536 561 566 578 629 638 680 652 653 654 659 664 671 391 oil 1973 155 161 176 197 220 222 229 235 243 243 246 247 248 252 256 260 262 271 275 278 329 oil 1974 390 410 410 446 445 462 505 528 543 542 549 646 591 606 600 613 604 613 620 614 409 oil 1975 185 193 205 232 233 246 251 263 276 283 293 294 304 311 312 312 316 325 337 342 482 oil 1976 239 287 338 381 381 384 429 476 467 467 487 491 491 514 537 549 549 571 572 577 545 oil 1977 114 176 226 268 323 336 348 381 394 397 407 429 477 507 504 508 509 517 543 554 612 oil 1978 0 51 101 130 153 159 186 208 242 229 238 243 248 256 261 267 276 287 291 298 500 oil 1979 0 0 69 158 191 264 292 312 326 360 369 406 442 460 452 466 477 485 488 525 584 oil 1980 0 0 0 116 325 331 363 353 343 368 372 388 390 403 414 421 417 403 427 435 687 oil 1981 0 0 0 0 83 161 186 219 270 259 276 289 304 311 315 337 335 336 347 351 867 oil 1982 0 0 0 0 0 128 225 245 259 257 259 275 282 302 302 318 314 315 316 327 805 oil 1983 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 145 186 178 212 209 220 229 246 232 246 243 248 252 741 oil 1984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 168 174 183 184 200 203 211 218 226 229 236 251 850 oil 1985 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 159 190 221 226 227 235 258 264 276 284 284 724 oil 1986 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 69 77 86 94 93 96 97 98 109 109 405 oil 1987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 91 104 99 104 114 122 121 126 126 343 oil 1988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 79 90 97 98 93 95 98 102 352 oil 1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 71 89 107 88 84 86 87 223 oil 1990 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 70 84 81 73 67 70 242 oil 1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 67 81 86 84 90 200 oil 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 56 71 78 79 200 oil 1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 38 44 54 180 oil 1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 80 78 203 oil 1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 71 163 oil 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 93 Total Oil 130131 131008 131932 134119 135804 137172 139144 141501 143955 144758 146494 148284 149735 151018 151665 152399 153060 153855 154887 156186 "Source of data: Energy Information Administration, 1977 through 1996, Oil and gas integrated field file (unpublished)."