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)."