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Michigan’s Oil & Gas Exploration–Production
Industry At A Glance
Total Michigan Counties
83 (15 Upper Peninsula; 68 Lower Peninsula)
Michigan counties with oil and/or gas production, 2007
64 (Lower Peninsula only)
Michigan land area
36,500,000 acres
(does not include 25,000,000 acres of Great
Lakes bottom land in state ownership)
Michigan mineral ownership
State—5,900,000 acres (does not include 25 million acres of Great Lakes bottom land)
Private—29,000,000 acres (estimated)
Other—1,400,000 acres (estimated)
Michigan acreage under oil and gas lease, thru September 2004
State—641,656 acres (5,651 leases)
Private and others—13,500,000 acres (estimated)
Michigan drilling rig availability, 2007
Contractors—5
Rotary rigs—15
Michigan cumulative production, through 2006
Crude oil and condensate — 1,262,694,934 bbl. (estimated)
Natural gas — 7,046,432,506 thousand cubic feet (Mcf)
(estimated)
Michigan oil and gas production, 2006
Crude oil and condensate—5,694,934 bbl.
Natural gas—174,432,506 Mcf
(1979 was record year for production of liquid
hydrocarbons—34 million bbl.)
(1997 was the record year for natural gas
production—280,500,000 Mcf)
Michigan drilling activity, 2006
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Wildcat:
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oil—1
gas—1
dry—32
production cased—2 (as of 12/31/06) |
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Development:
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oil—11
gas—306
dry—49
production cased—117 (as of 12/31/06)
Facility Wells—6 |
Michigan cumulative number of wells drilled through 2001
| Oil wells
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14,794 |
29% |
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Gas Wells
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13,081
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25%
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Dry Holes
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21,173 |
41% |
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Facility Wells |
3,039 |
5% |
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Total
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52,086 |
100.00% |
Michigan deepest wells (ft.)
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Crude oil |
10,515 ft. |
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Natural Gas
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11,635 ft. |
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Dry hole
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17,466 ft. (drilled in 1975) |
Michigan nation-wide rank among 33 oil and/or natural gas
producing states (2006)
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Rank |
Crude Oil |
Natural Gas |
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Wells Drilled |
21st |
12th |
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Production |
18th |
13th |
Michigan oil and gas wellhead values, calendar year 2006
Crude oil and condensate — $345,892,066.34
Natural gas — $1,306,815,891.20
Total Oil & Gas Wellhead value — $1,652,707,957.54
Average Michigan wellhead prices, 2006
Crude oil and condensate — $60.73 per 42-gal. bbl.
Natural gas — $7.49 per Mcf
(Calculated from Michigan gross values, Department of
Treasury Severance Tax reports)
Severance Tax paid to state of Michigan, 2006
†Severance tax — $78,238,469.61
(Reported by Michigan
Department of Treasury, 1/1 – 12/31, 2006)
Oil & gas fees — $7,268,425.17
Total — $85,506,894.79
Note: A variety of sources have been used to compile the
information appearing on these pages. Among them have been the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Geological Survey
and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Forest, Mineral
and Fire Management Division.
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