Table 3.  Discovery table showing recoverable oil in oil fields based on the NRG Associates Fields (1982 through 1998) dataset.																					


"Oil in oil fields in MMBO:  conventional, Lower 48 States, onshore, greater than or equal to 1 MMBOE, created 12/4/00.  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	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	No. Fields		
																					
oil	1898	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	8		
oil	1899	3962	3967	4127	4219	4280	4298	4407	4481	4495	4499	4491	4485	4494	4496	4512	4727	4819	33		
oil	1900	137	141	143	148	148	152	153	153	153	152	150	151	152	153	156	156	161	5		
oil	1901	2718	2720	2756	2861	2907	2957	3138	3208	3287	3337	3358	3399	3419	3534	3584	3714	3989	9		
oil	1902	307	311	313	316	317	318	321	324	328	327	327	329	329	330	332	333	332	5		
oil	1903	182	184	186	188	188	190	192	193	193	194	195	196	196	196	194	194	195	9		
oil	1904	2603	2612	2639	2652	2658	2663	2699	2705	2712	2727	2744	2773	2771	2788	2799	2807	2813	17		
oil	1905	435	437	442	445	445	446	447	447	449	449	450	450	447	446	445	447	447	6
oil	1906	522	530	535	538	541	544	549	561	565	570	574	577	576	579	576	580	581	12
oil	1907	135	135	135	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	6
oil	1908	1094	1100	1110	1125	1128	1128	1128	1139	1141	1142	1143	1137	1142	1145	1148	1152	1151	9
oil	1909	1202	1210	1245	1265	1288	1300	1335	1348	1356	1364	1378	1380	1393	1398	1428	1468	1526	9
oil	1910	951	954	962	975	990	1000	1021	1031	1052	1083	1101	1121	1155	1157	1159	1196	1198	8
oil	1911	2766	2914	3064	3178	3203	3280	3407	3490	3503	3503	3503	3550	3576	3592	3679	3807	3881	10
oil	1912	1414	1437	1460	1473	1477	1492	1514	1524	1526	1532	1519	1524	1527	1531	1532	1541	1546	15
oil	1913	842	846	851	854	856	857	862	866	872	877	882	891	891	894	897	899	900	16
oil	1914	577	592	594	600	601	601	605	613	613	613	614	615	614	616	619	622	622	23
oil	1915	1757	1778	1785	1812	1835	1855	1869	1896	1918	1922	1926	1933	1945	1955	1960	1957	1967	19
oil	1916	985	1006	1022	1040	1042	1052	1055	1065	1088	1103	1111	1112	1116	1119	1124	1127	1127	23
oil	1917	1026	1035	1043	1057	1062	1067	1097	1074	1082	1088	1098	1103	1102	1100	1108	1113	1112	28
oil	1918	2184	2197	2228	2269	2267	2293	2298	2320	2333	2348	2344	2346	2352	2362	2368	2394	2375	21
oil	1919	1538	1543	1557	1571	1573	1579	1597	1596	1598	1597	1597	1602	1602	1605	1609	1612	1606	27
oil	1920	2340	2352	2374	2384	2387	2405	2420	2426	2432	2424	2430	2441	2443	2445	2447	2455	2450	30
oil	1921	1585	1589	1594	1596	1594	1596	1602	1603	1607	1608	1605	1608	1611	1615	1626	1629	1628	30
oil	1922	4300	4321	4387	4454	4541	4542	4557	4552	4557	4506	4506	4524	4521	4530	4537	4584	4565	34
oil	1923	1618	1624	1639	1649	1651	1662	1686	1706	1710	1728	1729	1739	1767	1780	1800	1824	1808	28
oil	1924	1169	1182	1199	1222	1224	1226	1242	1237	1239	1242	1241	1248	1252	1253	1257	1261	1263	35
oil	1925	1055	1075	1077	1087	1096	1103	1118	1145	1161	1167	1161	1171	1177	1193	1207	1211	1209	31
oil	1926	5819	5844	5871	5917	5978	6006	6038	6068	6106	6128	6124	6150	6158	6182	6219	6235	6220	59
oil	1927	816	827	839	840	840	839	842	846	848	854	857	858	859	860	861	864	863	40
oil	1928	3176	3183	3217	3264	3286	3311	3327	3337	3342	3344	3344	3342	3335	3334	3340	3343	3330	52
oil	1929	4435	4453	4527	4583	4582	4628	4656	4685	4705	4731	4741	4790	4860	4842	4927	5008	5016	53
oil	1930	7403	7423	7439	7472	7483	7528	7577	7623	7654	7632	7640	7665	7991	7717	7740	7748	7750	35
oil	1931	2598	2622	2631	2637	2649	2656	2659	2663	2657	2663	2669	2672	2676	2686	2698	2705	2696	23
oil	1932	1029	1040	1049	1067	1075	1080	1106	1130	1136	1132	1134	1141	1151	1156	1163	1172	1171	23
oil	1933	1431	1437	1458	1466	1467	1462	1464	1467	1471	1478	1480	1482	1483	1490	1490	1495	1496	21
oil	1934	3441	3454	3523	3561	3571	3593	3590	3600	3618	3636	3652	3664	3668	3688	3709	3720	3711	51
oil	1935	1451	1465	1477	1492	1497	1502	1507	1507	1514	1524	1526	1529	1531	1540	1542	1542	1537	55
oil	1936	6374	6398	6598	6998	7054	7224	7378	7469	7634	7681	7721	7779	7739	7832	7916	7873	7849	64
oil	1937	2901	2908	2935	2952	2960	2964	2976	2976	2978	2981	2987	2999	2996	2999	3008	3018	3019	88
oil	1938	3942	3954	3976	3986	4001	4006	4014	4025	4032	4064	4089	4109	4110	4118	4126	4133	4127	101
oil	1939	1063	1072	1085	1091	1096	1103	1114	1128	1140	1151	1156	1155	1158	1163	1174	1186	1187	68
oil	1940	2890	2926	2962	2989	2997	3015	3024	3030	3049	3063	3079	3089	3098	3109	3118	3125	3140	90
oil	1941	1463	1476	1496	1523	1531	1546	1570	1598	1619	1628	1634	1637	1647	1668	1682	1694	1694	93
oil	1942	1239	1253	1270	1281	1288	1296	1319	1323	1334	1347	1341	1343	1345	1351	1358	1362	1367	84
oil	1943	1237	1247	1256	1277	1285	1303	1318	1331	1341	1342	1337	1344	1346	1358	1373	1382	1397	113
oil	1944	2669	2709	2761	2789	2818	2832	2847	2853	2860	2839	2833	2832	2844	2845	2874	2891	2908	108
oil	1945	2193	2207	2241	2284	2303	2351	2371	2382	2404	2430	2453	2446	2475	2483	2501	2516	2534	86
oil	1946	627	633	642	644	646	649	653	656	661	662	662	664	663	664	666	669	668	79
oil	1947	1387	1400	1413	1420	1423	1460	1463	1468	1478	1486	1490	1507	1508	1507	1504	1510	1510	105
oil	1948	2879	2922	2933	2937	2931	2940	2940	2953	2960	2952	2953	2936	2912	2908	2918	2926	2926	132
oil	1949	3663	3713	3777	3858	3902	3956	4008	4081	4192	4274	4299	4358	4401	4480	4551	4616	4594	149
oil	1950	2032	2059	2084	2105	2107	2167	2211	2225	2244	2250	2249	2224	2237	2262	2274	2284	2268	189
oil	1951	1273	1285	1297	1325	1339	1357	1371	1389	1407	1419	1405	1407	1402	1406	1414	1425	1428	187
oil	1952	1200	1219	1249	1263	1278	1295	1301	1304	1320	1331	1332	1334	1335	1338	1342	1350	1417	185
oil	1953	1761	1785	1816	1837	1851	1862	1869	1880	1896	1915	1926	1936	1954	1968	1988	2010	2015	224
oil	1954	840	851	883	899	905	914	919	927	939	954	969	969	971	975	983	992	993	183
oil	1955	991	1015	1034	1045	1049	1056	1065	1073	1093	1094	1100	1109	1122	1134	1146	1153	1158	208
oil	1956	1294	1333	1350	1406	1411	1426	1433	1449	1468	1490	1500	1525	1532	1531	1552	1564	1583	183
oil	1957	916	944	965	973	981	987	998	1006	1013	1019	1027	1034	1036	1049	1065	1077	1083	172
oil	1958	832	850	866	881	888	899	909	918	924	918	928	930	937	940	950	961	976	144
oil	1959	628	640	652	665	670	674	686	701	708	706	710	712	718	723	731	740	750	150
oil	1960	790	826	845	850	857	862	871	872	863	863	870	873	882	887	894	892	901	105
oil	1961	309	316	330	335	338	342	348	350	354	358	365	366	368	372	381	383	389	112
oil	1962	308	319	326	326	328	329	334	339	346	348	351	352	354	355	358	360	362	110
oil	1963	269	276	287	295	300	305	314	317	320	323	328	332	335	337	343	346	346	89
oil	1964	353	361	368	374	375	379	385	390	411	441	454	449	446	470	493	486	479	97
oil	1965	283	294	306	312	315	318	319	322	326	332	335	337	339	339	344	346	348	85
oil	1966	237	244	250	254	258	261	264	262	260	260	261	263	264	267	271	276	276	82
oil	1967	381	392	394	399	399	402	406	413	417	423	426	430	429	431	435	438	438	84
oil	1968	305	309	312	320	323	328	332	333	336	340	345	351	350	351	356	361	368	62
oil	1969	252	256	262	266	271	275	278	281	287	291	291	294	298	300	303	307	308	84
oil	1970	699	711	736	748	751	756	775	785	794	795	807	816	825	833	841	849	853	79
oil	1971	236	233	244	249	251	255	259	262	269	278	287	283	281	292	306	301	295	70
oil	1972	282	285	294	301	312	327	340	345	371	419	398	374	373	370	371	373	371	72
oil	1973	246	266	291	286	288	291	294	295	300	306	309	311	316	327	328	332	321	78
oil	1974	208	242	269	285	294	308	323	325	327	316	316	315	317	318	322	326	330	83
oil	1975	238	254	272	294	299	330	337	341	352	350	345	344	346	352	362	368	380	87
oil	1976	233	250	262	268	273	287	294	300	313	319	324	329	335	345	349	353	352	76
oil	1977	267	299	312	324	322	340	355	370	384	386	396	397	406	412	419	427	445	83
oil	1978	60	72	92	102	103	107	108	107	113	115	123	117	118	119	122	123	126	60
oil	1979	103	132	165	178	181	194	199	199	202	203	215	211	220	224	238	258	264	80
oil	1980	80	97	124	131	134	143	157	159	164	171	170	174	175	176	181	182	184	81
oil	1981	102	159	185	205	217	231	241	241	247	245	253	260	262	263	272	275	284	80
oil	1982	33	94	132	148	152	158	168	166	170	165	163	163	166	166	170	168	172	84
oil	1983	0	24	68	95	119	125	127	131	137	148	160	153	151	153	155	157	162	52
oil	1984	0	0	30	81	105	128	149	154	159	159	158	165	165	169	170	173	176	68
oil	1985	0	0	0	24	63	100	134	160	174	156	166	170	169	162	169	175	177	59			
oil	1986	0	0	0	0	11	31	44	54	61	62	66	66	66	68	72	73	78	36			
oil	1987	0	0	0	0	0	20	59	75	91	93	89	83	83	80	83	80	83	42			
oil	1988	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	34	54	64	71	63	63	61	64	65	68	42			
oil	1989	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	42	61	71	61	61	66	70	75	73	28			
oil	1990	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	19	31	43	41	39	40	40	42	23			
oil	1991	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	36	47	54	56	59	58	63	22			
oil	1992	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	19	26	42	48	42	40	14			
oil	1993	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	16	21	23	24	13			
oil	1994	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	24	49	85	101	16			
oil	1995	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	17	22	22	13			
oil	1996	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	20	32	14			
oil	1997	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	39	19			
oil	1998	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			
																						
Total Oil		123585	125065	127210	129306	130231	131576	133221	134323	135517	136195	136663	137243	138020	138518	139637	140881	141575				
																					

"Source of data:  NRG Associates, 1999 [includes data current as of December, 1998], The Significant Oil and Gas Fields of the United States"