These 5 states and the Gulf of Mexico supplied 6 million barrels per day, report says

Apr 1, 2014 09:04 GMT  ·  By
New report shows US crude oil production upped in 2013 when compared to 2012
   New report shows US crude oil production upped in 2013 when compared to 2012

Figures shared with the public by the Energy Information Administration in the United States this past March 31 indicate that just five states, together with the Gulf of Mexico, accounted for over 80% of the country's documented crude oil output in 2013.

On its website, the Administration details that the five states in question are Texas, North Dakota, California, Alaska, and Oklahoma, and that, when the Gulf of Mexico is also factored in, these regions' oil production in 2013 averaged 6 million barrels per day.

“Five states and the Gulf of Mexico supplied more than 80%, or 6 million barrels per day, of the crude oil (including lease condensate) produced in the United States in 2013,” the Energy Information Administration writes.

Information at hand indicates that, of the five aforementioned states, Texas was the one most active in terms of crude oil production last year. Thus, its output is said to have accounted for as much as 35% of the country's overall production.

North Dakota and Oklahoma, on the other hand, are estimated to have had a crude oil output of 12% and 4%, respectively. As far as California and Alaska are concerned, the Energy Information Administration puts their oil production at about 7% each.

Lastly, specialists with the Administration say that, according to evidence at hand, the Gulf of Mexico's crude oil output back in 2013 was one of about 17% of the country's overall production levels.

Yesterday's report concerning the amount of oil produced in the United States in 2013 also indicates that, when compared to 2012, last year's production was some 15% higher, meaning that it averaged 7.4 million barrels per day.

Thanks to exploitations in the Eagle Ford and the Bakken, Texas and North Dakota led this documented growth. Thus, the crude oil outputs of these two states are said to have increased by about 29% last year when a 2012 baseline is taken into consideration.

What is interesting is that these two states have pretty much gone into overdrive over the past three years in terms of oil production. Specifically, the Energy Information Administration argues that, since 2010, North Dakota's and Texas's crude oil output has grown by 177% and 119%, respectively.

Other states whose crude oil output has upped to a considerable extent over the past three years are Colorado (93%), Oklahoma (62%), and New Mexico (51%), the Administration writes in its latest report on oil production in the United States.

All in all, the country's oil production industry currently encompasses 31 states and two offshore federal regions, i.e. the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Coast. Of these 33 regions that the United States presently exploits for oil production, 10% give out more than 90% of the country's total output.