State-by-state US Oil Production: 1859-1997
Current
rankingStateProduction
to date% of total
US oil to date Year
peaked1998
production
million/barrels/yrRank
| 1 |
Texas |
59,293,001,000 |
33.4% |
1972 |
504.7 |
1 |
| 2 |
Louisiana |
26,779,992,000 |
15.1% |
1971 |
434.1 |
2 |
| 3 |
California |
25,306,000,000 |
14.3% |
1985 |
283.6 |
4 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma |
14,258,037,000 |
8.0% |
1929, 1967 |
77.6 |
5 |
| 5 |
Alaska |
13,447,533,000 |
7.6% |
1988 |
428.9 |
3 |
| 6 |
Wyoming |
6,557,523,000 |
3.7% |
1970 |
64.8 |
7 |
| 7 |
Kansas |
5,981,678,000 |
3.7% |
1956 |
35.5 |
8 |
| 8 |
New Mexico |
4,933,404,000 |
2.8% |
1969 |
72.3 |
6 |
| 9 |
Illinois |
3,530,081,000 |
2.0% |
1940 |
13.7 |
12 |
| 10 |
Mississippi |
2,232,752,000 |
1.3% |
1970 |
22.0 |
10 |
| 11 |
Colorado |
1,814,556,000 |
1.0% |
1956 |
22.4 |
9 |
| 12 |
Arkansas |
1,741,928,000 |
1.0% |
1925 |
8.0 |
16 |
| 13 |
Montana |
1,452,171,000 |
|
1968 |
16.5 |
13 |
| 14 |
Pennsylvania |
1,376,001,000 |
|
1891 |
2.0 |
|
Source: Basic Petroleum Data Book, American Petroleum Institute (1999)
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Total 2002: 2,097,121,000 barrels
Source: US Energy Information Agency