10/06/2006 - Mississippi ranks 13th in the nation, including Federal Offshore areas, in crude oil production with 49,000 barrels per day output. The last fifty years has provided the following supply.
* Graph is scaled to trend and comparison.
Production Tables (1951-2005)
| Year | Wells | (bbls) Oil | (bbls) Water | (mcf) Gas |
| 2005 | 4769 | 17,198,288 | 302,661,516 | 174,470,145 |
| 2004 | 4534 | 17,238,528 | 302,059,593 | 174,438,213 |
| 2003 | 4,307 | 17,412,245 | 297,604,172 | 164,170,149 |
| 2002 | 4,279 | 20,294,728 | 289,321,651 | 138,005,661 |
| 2001 | 4,277 | 20,294,038 | 290,443,613 | 138,134,688 |
| 2000 | 4,139 | 20,091,871 | 270,526,983 | 113,521,906 |
| 1999 | 4,080 | 18,074,185 | 230,633,761 | 125,719,794 |
| 1998 | 4,088 | 21,304,763 | 230,841,817 | 127,169,912 |
| 1997 | 4,133 | 20,996,623 | 247,675,433 | 126,451,708 |
| 1996 | 4,126 | 19,534,635 | 235,928,636 | 122,201,486 |
| 1995 | 4,166 | 19,911,082 | 234,672,218 | 119,933,854 |
| 1994 | 4,283 | 20,124,303 | 227,208,929 | 120,502,946 |
| 1993 | 4,341 | 22,615,138 | 245,257,841 | 147,652,725 |
| 1992 | 4,381 | 25,181,981 | 264,359,116 | 163,291,805 |
| 1991 | 4,504 | 27,055,220 | 288,890,861 | 175,471,789 |
| 1990 | 4,530 | 27,494,492 | 281,336,527 | 200,980,232 |
| 1989 | 4,517 | 28,462,215 | 284,831,423 | 202,178,969 |
| 1988 | 4,484 | 27,874,623 | 299,741,625 | 234,482,416 |
| 1987 | 4,429 | 28,350,993 | 303,385,759 | 222,484,189 |
| 1986 | 4,449 | 29,996,554 | 332,169,726 | 207,870,866 |
| 1985 | 4,379 | 31,009,814 | 361,037,782 | 180,287,134 |
| 1984 | 4,284 | 33,116,458 | 358,958,525 | 206,261,883 |
| 1983 | 4,197 | 31,450,695 | 349,058,687 | 200,190,180 |
| 1982 | 4,042 | 33,047,025 | 352,605,646 | 220,019,475 |
| 1981 | 3,899 | 34,381,093 | 339,418,554 | 229,404,669 |
| 1980 | 3,676 | 35,949,541 | 324,753,429 | 210,944,775 |
| 1979 | 3,459 | 37,326,772 | 335,378,631 | 210,944,775 |
| 1978 | 3,407 | 39,611,427 | 299,849,490 | 188,599,472 |
| 1977 | 3,325 | 43,022,369 | 278,355,170 | 145,587,740 |
| 1976 | 3,307 | 46,072,466 | 256,081,169 | 100,148,861 |
| 1975 | 3,227 | 46,614,127 | 235,004,072 | 88,148,669 |
| 1974 | 3,232 | 50,779,145 | 220,399,535 | 97,050,547 |
| 1973 | 3,391 | 56,101,670 | 201,891,786 | 115,449,187 |
| 1972 | 3,702 | 61,099,684 | 203,436,786 | 119,697,457 |
| 1971 | 3,756 | 64,066,257 | 199,202,069 | 136,536,393 |
| 1970 | 3,472 | 65,119,072 | 196,724,025 | 154,144,017 |
| 1969 | 3,424 | 64,283,095 | 185,394,538 | 166,712,204 |
| 1968 | 3,556 | 58,708,489 | 175,177,771 | 170,701,719 |
| 1967 | 3,709 | 57,148,713 | 164,498,376 | 177,749,325 |
| 1966 | 3,383 | 55,095,963 | 145,796,487 | 180,542,539 |
| 1965 | 3,527 | 56,021,546 | 135,955,702 | 184,246,276 |
| 1964 | 3,363 | 56,866,239 | 126,140,446 | 202,959,813 |
| 1963 | 3,596 | 58,618,906 | 124,666,320 | 219,386,043 |
| 1962 | 3,504 | 55,713,396 | 121,153,834 | 214,591,982 |
| 1961 | 3,291 | 54,688,012 | 120,549,013 | 221,725,929 |
| 1960 | 3,227 | 51,672,769 | 107,810,056 | 232,540,370 |
| 1959 | 2,886 | 49,620,291 | 105,931,023 | 232,985,859 |
| 1958 | 2,582 | 39,313,456 | 91,859,818 | 235,727,539 |
| 1957 | 2,455 | 38,939,362 | 91,112,425 | 242,829,360 |
| 1956 | 2,371 | 40,962,464 | 91,099,357 | 253,533,849 |
| 1955 | 2,363 | 38,101,171 | 83,713,249 | 229,670,651 |
| 1954 | 2,173 | 34,238,624 | 71,970,314 | 199,502,823 |
| 1953 | 1,949 | 35,620,543 | 64,042,403 | 212,372,055 |
| 1952 | 1,869 | 36,316,572 | 55,936,069 | 219,959,552 |
| 1951 | 1,780 | 36,950,546 | 45,986,217 | 205,545,302 |