U.S. Energy Information Administration / Annual Energy Review 2011 

Table 5.2 Crude Oil Production and Crude Oil Well Productivity, Selected Years, 1954-2011

Year

Crude Oil Production Crude O

48 States 2 Alaska 3 Total Onshore

Offshore

Total

Producin

Wells 4

Federal State Total 

Thousand Barrels per Day Thousand Barrels per Day Thousand

1954 6,342 0 6,342 6,209 NA NA 133 6,342 511 1955 6,807 0 6,807 6,645 NA NA 162 6,807 524 1960 7,034 2 7,035 6,716 NA NA 319 7,035 591 1965 7,774 30 7,804 7,140 NA NA 665 7,804 589 1970 9,408 229 9,637 8,060 NA NA 1,577 9,637 531 1975 8,183 191 8,375 7,012 NA NA 1,362 8,375 500 1976 7,958 173 8,132 6,868 NA NA 1,264 8,132 499 1977 7,781 464 8,245 7,069 NA NA 1,176 8,245 507 1978 7,478 1,229 8,707 7,571 NA NA 1,136 8,707 517 1979 7,151 1,401 8,552 7,485 NA NA 1,067 8,552 531 1980 6,980 1,617 8,597 7,562 NA NA 1,034 8,597 548 1981 6,962 1,609 8,572 7,537 773 261 1,034 8,572 557 1982 6,953 1,696 8,649 7,538 863 247 1,110 8,649 580 1983 6,974 1,714 8,688 7,492 960 236 1,196 8,688 603 1984 7,157 1,722 8,879 7,596 1,039 244 1,283 8,879 621 1985 7,146 1,825 8,971 7,722 1,023 227 1,250 8,971 647 1986 6,814 1,867 8,680 7,426 1,038 216 1,254 8,680 623 1987 6,387 1,962 8,349 7,153 977 219 1,196 8,349 620 1988 6,123 2,017 8,140 6,949 904 287 1,191 8,140 612 1989 5,739 1,874 7,613 6,486 855 272 1,127 7,613 603 1990 5,582 1,773 7,355 6,273 821 261 1,082 7,355 602 1991 5,618 1,798 7,417 6,245 886 286 1,172 7,417 614 1992 5,457 1,714 7,171 5,953 938 280 1,218 7,171 594 1993 5,264 1,582 6,847 R5,596 964 287 R1,250 6,847 584 1994 5,103 1,559 6,662 5,291 1,017 353 1,370 6,662 582 1995 5,076 1,484 6,560 5,035 1,140 385 1,525 6,560 574 1996 5,071 1,393 6,465 4,902 1,197 365 1,562 6,465 574 1997 5,156 1,296 6,452 4,803 1,278 371 1,648 6,452 573 1998 5,077 1,175 6,252 4,560 1,355 337 1,692 6,252 562 1999 4,832 1,050 5,881 4,132 1,462 288 1,750 5,881 546 2000 4,851 970 5,822 4,049 1,525 248 1,773 5,822 534 2001 4,839 963 5,801 3,879 1,621 302 1,923 5,801 530 2002 4,761 984 5,746 3,743 1,637 365 2,003 5,746 529 2003 4,706 974 5,681 3,668 1,641 371 2,012 5,681 513 2004 4,510 908 5,419 3,536 1,527 356 1,883 5,419 510 2005 4,314 864 5,178 3,466 1,354 358 1,712 5,178 498 2006 4,361 741 5,102 3,401 1,370 331 1,701 5,102 497 2007 4,342 722 5,064 3,407 1,344 312 1,657 5,064 500 2008 4,268 683 4,950 3,452 1,218 280 1,498 4,950 526 2009 4,715 645 5,361 3,622 1,619 119 1,738 5,361 526 2010 R4,874 R601 R5,476 RE3,744 E1,609 E122 RE1,732 R5,476 R520 2011 E5,090 E572 E5,662 E4,178 E1,373 E111 E1,484 E5,662 P536 

1 See "Crude Oil Well" in Glossary. 2 United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Includes State onshore, State offshore, and Federal

offshore production.

3 Includes State onshore and State offshore production. 4 As of December 31. 5 Through 1976, average productivity is based on the average number of producing wells. Beginning in

1977, average productivity is based on the number of wells producing at end of year.

R=Revised. P=Preliminary. E=Estimate. NA=Not available. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.Web Pages: • See http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/#petroleum for all data beginning in

1954. • For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/.

Sources: Crude Oil Production: • 1954-1975—Bureau of Mines, Mineral Industry Surveys, Petroleum

Statement, Annual, annual reports; and U.S. Geological Survey, Outer Contin

1979). • 1976-1980—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), EnergStatement, Annual, annual reports. • 1981-2009—EIA, Petroleum Supply Annand 2011—EIA, Monthly Energy Review (May 2012), Table 3.1; and crude oil government agencies; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Eand predecessor agencies; and Form EIA-182, "Domestic Crude Oil First PurWells: • 1954-1975—Bureau of Mines, Minerals Yearbook, "Crude Petroleuchapter. • 1976-1980—EIA, Energy Data Reports, Petroleum Statemen• 1981-1994—Independent Petroleum Association of America, The Oil Produ• 1995 forward—Gulf Publishing Co., World Oil, February issues. Average Ptotal production divided by producing wells.