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.)