Stripper wells, or wells that produce small volumes, are an important but decreasing share of total US oil and natural gas production, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
These wells are characterized as producing no more than 15 boe/d over a 12-month period.
EIA estimates that there were about 380,000 stripper oil wells (so called because they are stripping the remaining oil out of the ground) in the US operating at the end of 2015, compared to about 90,000 non-stripper oil wells.
