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United States, Alaska: 1994 2000 2005 0.4–1 0.05 East Texas Oil Field: United States, Texas: 1930 6 Spraberry Trend: United States, Texas: 1943 10 [41] Wilmington Oil Field: United States, California: 1932 3 South Belridge Oil Field: United States, California: 1911 2 [42] Coalinga Oil Field: United States, California: 1887 1 Elk Hills: United ...
The leading crude oil-producing areas in the United States in 2023 were Texas, followed by the offshore federal zone of the Gulf of Mexico, North Dakota and New Mexico. [2] The United States became the largest producer of crude oil of any nation in history in 2023. [3] Natural gas production reached record highs. [4]
Category: Oil fields in the United States by state or territory. ... Oil fields in North Dakota (3 P) O. Oil fields in Oklahoma (3 P) T. Oil fields in Texas (16 P) U.
In 1970, local peak production was 10,044 million bbl (1,597 million m 3) per day in November 1970. [8] Total production of crude oil from 1970 through 2006 was 102 billion barrels (16.2 × 10 ^ 9 m 3), or roughly five and a half times the proved reserves over the same timeframe when taking into account the decreasing proved reserves.
Oil fields in the United States by state or territory (8 C) G. Gulf of Mexico oil fields of the United States (18 P) N. Naval Petroleum Reserve (6 P)
Significant discoveries included the Embrar oil field (1942), the TXL oil field (1944), the Dollarhide oil field (1945), and the Block 31 oil field (1945). [ 35 ] : 200–201, 230–231 [ 36 ] In 1966, the production of the Permian Basin measured 600 million barrels of oil, along with 2.3 trillion cubic ft of gas, which totaled $2 billion.
Map of countries with proven oil reserves - according to US EIA (start of 2017) Trends in proven oil reserves in top five countries, 1980–2013 (data from US Energy Information Administration) A map of world oil reserves according to OPEC, January 2014
For this reason, most US offshore drilling has taken place offshore Louisiana, Texas, California, and Alaska, areas with coastal onshore oil and gas fields. "Possibly in some future age, when all known petroleum fields shall have been drained of their richness, oil men may seek refuge in King Neptune's realm." - Oil & Gas Journal, 24 June 1915 [6]