LOUISIANA STATE OIL AND GAS DRILLING PERMITS ISSUED BY TYPE
Excluding OCS
DATE	DEVELOPMENTAL			+   WILDCATS		=  TOTAL  =		OFFSHORE		+   ONSHORE
1956		N/A		N/A		4,787		N/A		N/A
1957		N/A		N/A		4,526		N/A		N/A
1958		N/A		N/A		4,346		N/A		N/A
1959		N/A		N/A		4,620		N/A		N/A
1960		4,106		690		4,796		N/A		N/A
1961		4,606		863		5,469		N/A		N/A
1962		4,919		797		5,716		N/A		N/A
1963		5,365		995		6,360		N/A		N/A
1964		5,526		953		6,479		N/A		N/A
1965		5,477		872		6,349		N/A		N/A
1966		4,220		755		4,975		N/A		N/A
1967		4,067		669		4,736		N/A		N/A
1968		4,030		645		4,675		N/A		N/A
1969		3,724		633		4,357		N/A		N/A
1970		3,535		447		3,982		N/A		N/A
1971		2,570		441		3,011		N/A		N/A
1972		2,487		453		2,940		N/A		N/A
1973		2,318		370		2,688		N/A		N/A
1974		2,584		610		3,194		N/A		N/A
1975		2,773		513		3,286		N/A		N/A
1976		2,913		515		3,428		N/A		N/A
1977		3,119		588		3,707		N/A		N/A
1978		3,657		695		4,352		N/A		N/A
1979		3,725		694		4,419		N/A		N/A
1980		5,344		893		6,237		N/A		N/A
1981		5,195		1,086		6,281		N/A		N/A
1982		4,454		727		5,181		N/A		N/A
1983		4,852		642		5,494		201		5,293
1984		6,929		702		7,631		231		7,400
1985		4,811		599		5,410		165		5,245
1986		1,984		298		2,282		84		2,198
1987		2,148		284		2,432		73		2,359
1988		1,601		249		1,850		94		1,756
1989		1,486		204		1,690		75		1,615
1990		1,526		181		1,707		85		1,622
January		88		6		94		16		78
February		66		6		72		7		65
March		91		4		95		7		88
April		84		7		91		4		87
May		110		8		118		9		109
June		111		10		121		11		110
July		138		10		148		6		142
August		125		12		137		5		132
September		104		10		114		4		110
October		127		12		139		5		134
November		88		12		100		3		97
December		77		3		80		0		80
1991 Total		1,209		100		1,309		77		1,232
January		78		2		80		4		76
February		73		8		81		11		70
March		67		9		76		4		72
April		79		12		91		2		89
May		93		11		104		6		98
June		77		7		84		2		82
July		93		4		97		3		94
August		98		8		106		5		101
September		93		3		96		3		93
October		131		11		142		2		140
November		68		12		80		5		75
December		94		5		99		12		87
1992 Total		1,044		92		1,136		59		1,077
January		60		5		65		2		63
February		53		8		61		7		54
March		82		7		89		8		81
April		77		3		80		11		69
May		76		9		85		7		78
June		121		8		129		4		125
July		94		14		108		7		101
August		133		17		150		9		141
September		93		10		103		7		96
October		99		16		115		5		110
November		72		5		77		5		72
December		80		7		87		4		83
1993 Total		1,040		109		1,149		76		1,073
January		62		5		67		5		62
February		66		9		75		13		62
March		96		6		102		9		93
April		78		4		82		6		76
May		84		11		95		6		89
June		102		14		116		5		111
July		96		4		100		2		98
August		85		10		95		5		90
September		109		11		120		4		116
October		89		3		92		7		85
November		73		12		85		4		81
December		75		9		84		8		76
1994 Total		1,015		98		1,113		74		1,039
January		52		3		55		3		52
February		63		5		68		7		61
March		78		4		82		6		76
April		73		5		78		8		70
May		109		8		117		9		108
June		94		9		103		8		95
July		85		10		95		4		91
August		94		16		110		7		103
September		82		3		85		2		83
October		110		9		119		3		116
November		80		8		88		7		81
December		59		6		65		4		61
1995 Total		979		86		1,065		68		997
January		59		5		64		7		57
February		83		9		92		14		78
March		101		18		119		9		110
April		89		13		102		7		95
May		142		14		156		15		141
June		94		9		103		11		92
July		127		17		144		21		123
August		113		10		123		6		117
September		108		5		113		7		106
October		140		7		147		9		138
November		82		14		96		6		90
December		110		12		122		9		113
1996 Total		1,248		133		1,381		121		1,260
January		100		11		111		7		104
February		91		22		113		6		107
March		86		8		94		6		88
April		130		12		142		12		130
May		111		19		130		3		127
June		151		5		156		3		153
July		135		10		145		10		135
August		121		13		134		6		128
September		131		12		143		9		134
October		156		11		167		9		158
November		100		12		112		6		106
December		112		3		115		8		107
1997 Total		1,424		138		1,562		85		1,477
January		95		8		103		8		95
February		101		7		108		5		103
March		79		16		95		12		83
April		117		9		126		11		115
May		138		8		146		8		138
June		100		9		109		7		102
July		90		9		99		10		89
August		147		11		158		8		150
September		98		3		101		9		92
October		83		12		95		5		90
November		55		10		65		6		59
December		68		13		81		7		74
1998 Total		1,171		115		1,286		96		1,190
January		58		6		64		9		55
February		47		7		54		6		48
March		59		5		64		3		61
April		76		2		78		8		70
May		62		9		71		6		65
June		74		11		85		9		76
July		71		14		85		8		77
August		72		11		83		8		75
September		91		4		95		9		86
October		98		18		116		4		112
November		86		12		98		7		91
December		114		10		124		2		122
1999 Total		908		109		1,017		79		938
January		69		3		72		9		63
February		79		13		92		10		82
March		99		6		105		8		97
April		69		6		75		11		64
May		105		7		112		19		93
June		147		7		154		6		148
July		113		5		118		11		107
August		153		16		169		25		144
September		124		9		133		13		120
October		127		4		131		10		121
November		124		6		130		9		121
December		154		8		162		20		142
2000 Total		1,363		90		1,453		151		1,302
January		110		3		113		12		101
February		117		4		121		9		112
March		123		7		130		6		124
April		108		5		113		8		105
May		139		5		144		11		133
June		126		10		136		7		129
July		116		7		123		7		116
August		130		9		139		14		125
September		81		13		94		4		90
October		111		13		124		7		117
November		68		8		76		7		69
December		48		4		52		4		48
2001 Total		1,277		88		1,365		96		1,269
January		42		3		45		3		42
February		62		8		70		6		64
March		77		7		84		3		81
April		74		12		86		6		80
May		95		5		100		5		95
June		64		7		71		8		63
July		82		12		94		11		83
August		70		26		96		9		87
September		88		7		95		6		89
October		86		12		98		12		86
November		90		18		108		10		98
December		72		6		78		11		67
2002 Total		902		123		1,025		90		935
January		92		11		103		6		97
February		84		5		89		14		75
March		80		7		87		8		79
April		125		5		130		4		126
May		94		10		104		7		97
June		95		7		102		4		98
July		107		6		113		9		104
August		104		20		124		7		117
September		100		6		106		5		101
October		101		11		112		8		104
November		80		9		89		5		84
December		90		15		105		6		99
2003 Total		1,152		112		1,264		83		1,181
January		98		11		109		4		105
February		131		7		138		4		134
March		133		8		141		9		132
April		131		14		145		4		141
May		123		8		131		2		129
June		155		6		161		12		149
July		115		3		118		4		114
August		148		4		152		1		151
September		116		8		124		2		122
October		134		20		154		5		149
November		121		5		126		5		121
December		130		4		134		5		129
2004 Total		1,535		98		1,633		57		1,576
January		161		10		171		7		164
February		125		13		138		3		135
March		156		7		163		6		157
April		105		9		114		5		109
May		191		7		198		10		188
June		173		16		189		5		184
July		187		14		201		5		196
August		150		9		159		10		149
September		153		8		161		4		157
October		147		8		155		11		144
November		194		7		201		6		195
December		140		6		146		2		144
2005 Total		1,882		114		1,996		74		1,922
January		150		7		157		4		153
February		149		6		155		10		145
March		209		1		210		1		209
April		166		5		171		11		160
May		180		9		189		2		187
June		203		19		222		6		216
July		164		4		168		7		161
August		155		11		166		3		163
September		175		11		186		6		180
October		159		6		165		5		160
November		175		8		183		1		182
December		155		10		165		5		160
2006 Total		2,040		97		2,137		61		2,076
January		161		4		165		4		161
February		136		8		144		3		141
March		200		8		208		6		202
April		150		7		157		2		155
May		227		5		232		3		229
June		180		4		184		5		179
July		187		8		195		2		193
August		190		5		195		3		192
September		159		5		164		0		164
October		170		4		174		2		172
November		172		8		180		4		176
December		150		2		152		0		152
2007 Total		2,082		68		2,150		34		2,116
January		167		5		172		0		172
February		147		6		153		3		150
March		156		2		158		6		152
April		191		7		198		5		193
May		218		10		228		4		224
June		219		11		230		5		225
July		283		9		292		1		291
August		300		8		308		4		304
September		209		7		216		2		214
October		169		3		172		3		169
November		113		4		117		6		111
December		124		6		130		1		129
2008 Total		2,296		78		2,374		40		2,334
January		123		6		129		0		129
February		117		1		118		0		118
March		101		5		106		1		105
April		105		3		108		2		106
May		96		1		97		1		96
June		118		0		118		1		117
July		122		1		123		2		121
August		101		4		105		1		104
September		91		2		93		1		92
October		131		4		135		1		134
November		111		2		113		2		111
December		119		1		120		0		120
2009 Total		1,335		30		1,365		12		1,353
January		169		3		172		1		171
February		118		2		120		2		118
March		192		0		192		1		191
April		182		1		183		2		181
May		118		0		118		4		114
June		181		5		186		0		186
July		163		6		169		1		168
August		179		3		182		4		178
September		187		4		191		9		182
October		135		4		139		4		135
November		140		8		148		3		145
December		150		6		156		1		155
2010 Total		1,914		42		1,956		32		1,924
January		113		0		113		4		109
February		141		2		143		3		140
March		204		4		208		6		202
April		103		4		107		2		105
May		151		8		159		3		156
June		155		4		159		1		158
July		126		2		128		3		125
August		128		3		131		0		131
September		172		4		176		4		172
October		123		2		125		7		118
November		124		4		128		0		128
December		98		1		99		3		96
2011 Total		1,638		38		1,676		36		1,640
January		98		1		99		3		96
February		133		1		134		1		133
March		122		1		123		4		119
April		141		0		141		6		135
May		146		1		147		2		145
June		147		5		152		3		149
July		146		4		150		1		149
August		125		4		129		2		127
September		112		7		119		3		116
October		128		2		130		2		128
November		136		7		143		3		140
December		103		4		107		0		107
2012 Total		1,537		37		1,574		30		1,544
January		79		0		79		3		76
February		117		4		121		5		116
March		157		1		158		5		153
April		173		1		174		4		170
May		123		4		127		1		126
June		114		6		120		6		114
July		148		5		153		4		149
August		155		2		157		1		156
September		141		1		142		2		140
October		108		5		113		2		111
November		131		0		131		1		130
December		103		0		103		3		100
2013 Total		1,549		29		1,578		37		1,541
January		164		1		165		0		165
February		118		2		120		1		119
March		91		3		94		0		94
April		102		0		102		2		100
May		121		1		122		0		122
June		154		5		159		0		159
July		121		1		122		1		121
August		84		3		87		1		86
September		104		2		106		1		105
October		136		4		140		1		139
November		99		4		103		1		102
December		85		3		88		0		88
2014 Total		1,379		29		1,408		8		1,400
January		39		1		40		1		39
February		37		0		37		1		36
March		49		1		50		0		50
April		49		4		53		0		53
May		62		2		64		1		63
June		69		0		69		0		69
July		70		7		77		0		77
August		41		3		44		1		43
September		75		2		77		0		77
October		71		1		72		0		72
November		32		0		32		0		32
December		27		1		28		0		28
2015 Total		621		22		643		4		639
January		28		0		28		0		28
February		33		0		33		0		33
March		18		1		19		0		19
April		30		2		32		0		32
May		30		1		31		0		31
June		34		1		35		0		35
July		51		1		52		0		52
August		48		5		53		0		53
September		60		0		60		0		60
October		40		2		42		0		42
November		56		2		58		0		58
December		31		1		32		0		32
2016 Total		459		16		475		0		475
January		76		1		77		0		77
February		59		0		59		0		59
March		83		1		84		1		83
April		55		0		55		0		55
May		52		0		52		0		52
June		74		1		75		0		75
July		47		0		47		0		47
August		68		0		68		0		68
September		42		2		44		0		44
October		76		1		77		0		77
November		72		0		72		0		72
December		51		1		52		0		52
2017 Total		755		7		762		1		761
DATE	DEVELOPMENTAL			+   WILDCATS		=  TOTAL  =		OFFSHORE		+   ONSHORE
LOUISIANA STATE OIL AND GAS DRILLING PERMITS ISSUED BY TYPE
Excluding OCS
		Page revised	15-Dec-17			data available through Dec 4, 2017
		Data source: LA Dept of Natural Resources - Office of Conservation