Wednesday, July 6, 2011

United States: Top 8 Crude Oil Producing States, 2006-Feb.2011

by Aaron and David Rachovich


Production of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels Per Day), 2006-Feb.2011  



Rank
State
Feb 2011
Jan 2011
Full Year 2010
Full Year 2009
Full Year 2008
Full Year 2007
Full Year 2006
1.
Texas
1,224
1,250
1,141
1,106
1,087
1,087
1,088
2.
Alaska
611
464
599
645
683
722
741
3.
California
555
550
558
567
586
594
612
4.
North Dakota
360
341
307
218
172
123
109
5.
Oklahoma
188
197
186
184
175
167
172
6.
Louisiana
187
185
182
189
199
210
202
7.
New Mexico
178
185
171
168
162
161
164
8.
Wyoming
143
146
142
141
145
148
145
Top 8 States
3,446
3,318
3,286
3,218
3,209
3,212
3,233
U.S. Total
5,612
5,483
5,512
5,361
4,950
5,064
5,102

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), June 29, 2011, here and here.


(In 2010, almost 60% of U.S. crude oil production came from eight States: Texas - 20.7%; Alaska - 10.9%; California - 10.1%; North Dakota - 5.6%; Oklahoma - 3.4%; Louisiana - 3.3%; New Mexico - 3.1%; and Wyoming - 2.6%. About 30% of U.S. crude oil was produced from wells located offshore in federally administered waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Update: please see my post "Five States Accounted for about 56% of Total U.S. Crude Oil Production in 2011." Update 2: North Dakota passed Alaska in March 2012 to become the second-leading state in crude oil production, trailing only Texas---please see my post "North Dakota Tops Alaska in Oil Production, Trailing Only Texas." Also, please see our post "U.S. Crude Oil Production, 1970-2010." -- D.R.)

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