1 Columns do not add to totals, because of duplication. Source: Fishery Statistics of the United States, 1964, U.S. Department of the Interior. ? Denotes figures withheld to avoid disclosure of individual reporting units. * Does not include figures withheld to avoid disclosure of individual reporting units. These are 1964 data; 1965 not available. NOTES Employment as shown here is the reported wage and salary employees of private nonfarm employers and certain nonprofit organizations covered under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. The data are as of the pay period including Mar. 12, 1965. Entries for "all coastal States" do not necessarily equal total for United States, since some ocean-related industry is conducted in inland States. TABLE I.—U.S. oil and gas drilling activity and production: total and offshore, * Louisiana only; its offshore production of oil and gas combined is estimated to represent close to 90 percent of the total U.S. output. California accounts for the major part of the balance. In the years 1960 through 1964 its production of offshore oil ranged between 32,000,000 and 36,000,000 barrels; gas production was relatively insignificant. The majority of its 2,000 offshore wells were slant drilled from shore or pier; only about one-sixth of its production originates from offshore platforms. (These activities are not reflected in the above table, since comparable data are not available.) There has been considerable drilling activity over the years in Texas offshore areas, but to date results have been disappointing; offshore production of oil in 1965 amounted to only 3,700 barrels and no gas production was reported. Drilling activity has been underway off coastal areas of Washington and Oregon also, but without results thus far. Sources: Petroleum Production, Drilling and Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf, U.S. Department of the Interior, May 1966. Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, Louisiana Department of Conservation, the Battelle Memorial Institute. TABLE II.-Estimated value of offshore production of crude oil and gas, by State, ? Total is understated by value of 1961 California gas production. Source: Battelle Memorial Institute, based in part on data from U.S. Bureau of Mines, State of Louisiana, and Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. TABLE III.—Industrial expenditures on offshore oil and gas leases, by States and recipient governments, 1954–64, inclusive 1 Information on bonuses, rentals, and royalties paid to the State of Texas on offshore leases out to the 3-leagure line is not available. Annual amounts are believed relatively small. * "Total Federal" includes other payments to the Federal Government: $2,100,000 in 1959 for lands off Florida, and, in 1964, $29,100,000 for lands off Oregon and $8,200,000 for lands off Washington. 'Payments to Federal Government include amounts paid during 1960-64 inclusive, for bonuses, rentals, and royalties from zones 2 and 3, totaling $771,200,000, which is held in escrow awaiting final decision over these zones. *Includes also $8,300,000 to the State of Alaska, an average value over the period 1960-64, imputed to each year. Sources: Environmental Science Services Administration, Coast and Geodetic Survey, U.S. Department of Commerce, compiled by Battelle Memorial Institute from statistics furnished by Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Louisiana Mineral Board; Alaska Department of Natural Resources; California State Lands Division; and supplementary sources. 1961. 1962 1963. 1964. 1965. 1966 1967. 1968 TABLE IV.—Rents and royalties on Outer Continental Shelf lands Source: The Budget of the U.S. Government, Government Printing Office, for fiscal years 1963-68, inclusive. 75-954 O-67-10 |