Michigan Drilling Permits - 1927 Through July 30, 2002
Year Permits Issued Permit Numbers Year Permits Issued Permit Numbers
1927 16 1-16 1972 423 28747-29169
1928 283 17-299 1973 445 29170-29614
1929 576 300-875 1974 503 29615-30117
1930 257 876-1132 1975 653 30118-30770
1931 111 1133-1243 1976 645 30771-31415
1932 184 1244-1427 1977 692 31416-32107
1933 429 1428-1856 1978 690 32108-32797
1934 444 1857-2300 1979 649 32798-33446
1935 700 2301-3000 1980 856 33447-34302
1936 777 3001-3777 1981 1048 34303-35350
1937 973 3778-4750 1982 1051 35351-36401
1938 996 4751-5746 1983 997 36402-37399
1939 1465 5747-7211 1984 1194 37400-38593
1940 1121 7212-8332 1985 1090 38594-39684
1941 1044 8333-9376 1986 592 39685-40276
1942 570 9377-9946 1987 633 40277-40909
1943 627 9947-10573 1988 884 40910-41793
1944 741 10574-11314 1989 1166 41794-42959
1945 755 11315-12069 1990 1315 42960-44274
1946 822 12070-12891 1991 1216 44275-45490
1947 886 12892-13777 1992 2024 45491-47514
1948 918 13778-14695 1993 645 47515-48159
1949 999 14696-15694 1994 1011 48160-49170
1950 901 15695-16595 1995 1523 49171-50693
1951 744 16596-17339 1996 1010 50694-51703
1952 694 17340-18033 1997 915 51704-52618
1953 824 18034-18857 1998 706 52619-53324
1954 573 18858-19430 1999 380 53323-53702
1955 484 19431-19914 2000 534 53703-54236
1956 476 19915-20390 2001 656 54237-54892
1957 461 20391-20851 2002 271* 54893-55163*
1958 481 20852-21332 2003
1959 727 21333-22059 2004
1960 904 22060-22963 2005
1961 849 22964-23812 2006
1962 711 23813-24523 2007
1963 704 24524-25227 2008
1964 583 25228-25810 2009
1965 494 25811-26304 2010
1966 430 26305-26734 2011
1967 405 26735-27139 2012
1968 378 27140-27517 2013
1969 379 27518-27896 2014
1970 425 27897-28321 2015
1971 425 28322-28746 2016
*Through July 30, 2002


This information is derived from the Michigan Oil and Gas Association, Michigan Oil and Gas News and the State of Michigan Online Oil and Gas Information System