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US states by crude oil production

Texas had the highest crude oil production of 30 states in 2015, at 1,262,738 thousand barrels. Virginia had the lowest, at 11 thousand barrels. The median was 9,606 thousand barrels and the figure for the United States was 3,443,220 thousand barrels. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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Highest1,262,738Texas
Lowest11Virginia
Median9,60630 states
United States3,443,220History

Map of states, 2015

Alabama: 9,694 thousand barrelsAlaska: 176,229 thousand barrelsArizona: 37 thousand barrelsArkansas: 6,225 thousand barrelsCalifornia: 201,284 thousand barrelsColorado: 122,132 thousand barrelsFlorida: 2,208 thousand barrelsIllinois: 9,517 thousand barrelsIndiana: 2,219 thousand barrelsKansas: 45,481 thousand barrelsKentucky: 2,862 thousand barrelsLouisiana: 63,729 thousand barrelsMississippi: 24,923 thousand barrelsMissouri: 149 thousand barrelsMontana: 28,552 thousand barrelsNebraska: 2,400 thousand barrelsNevada: 281 thousand barrelsNew Mexico: 148,094 thousand barrelsNew York: 286 thousand barrelsNorth Dakota: 429,596 thousand barrelsOhio: 27,104 thousand barrelsOklahoma: 165,548 thousand barrelsPennsylvania: 7,091 thousand barrelsSouth Dakota: 1,663 thousand barrelsTennessee: 296 thousand barrelsTexas: 1,262,738 thousand barrelsUtah: 37,136 thousand barrelsVirginia: 11 thousand barrelsWest Virginia: 8,303 thousand barrelsWyoming: 86,456 thousand barrels
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thousand barrels, 2015. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: EIA, Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

Texas: 1,262,738 thousand barrelsTexas1,262,738North Dakota: 429,596 thousand barrelsNorth Dakota429,596California: 201,284 thousand barrelsCalifornia201,284Alaska: 176,229 thousand barrelsAlaska176,229Oklahoma: 165,548 thousand barrelsOklahoma165,548New Mexico: 148,094 thousand barrelsNew Mexico148,094Colorado: 122,132 thousand barrelsColorado122,132Wyoming: 86,456 thousand barrelsWyoming86,456Louisiana: 63,729 thousand barrelsLouisiana63,729Kansas: 45,481 thousand barrelsKansas45,481Utah: 37,136 thousand barrelsUtah37,136Montana: 28,552 thousand barrelsMontana28,552Ohio: 27,104 thousand barrelsOhio27,104Mississippi: 24,923 thousand barrelsMississippi24,923Alabama: 9,694 thousand barrelsAlabama9,694Illinois: 9,517 thousand barrelsIllinois9,517West Virginia: 8,303 thousand barrelsWest Virginia8,303Pennsylvania: 7,091 thousand barrelsPennsylvania7,091Arkansas: 6,225 thousand barrelsArkansas6,225Kentucky: 2,862 thousand barrelsKentucky2,862Nebraska: 2,400 thousand barrelsNebraska2,400Indiana: 2,219 thousand barrelsIndiana2,219Florida: 2,208 thousand barrelsFlorida2,208South Dakota: 1,663 thousand barrelsSouth Dakota1,663Tennessee: 296 thousand barrelsTennessee296New York: 286 thousand barrelsNew York286Nevada: 281 thousand barrelsNevada281Missouri: 149 thousand barrelsMissouri149Arizona: 37 thousand barrelsArizona37Virginia: 11 thousand barrelsVirginia11Texas: 1,262,738 thousand barrelsTexas1,262,738North Dakota: 429,596 thousand barrelsNorth Dakota429,596California: 201,284 thousand barrelsCalifornia201,284Alaska: 176,229 thousand barrelsAlaska176,229Oklahoma: 165,548 thousand barrelsOklahoma165,548New Mexico: 148,094 thousand barrelsNew Mexico148,094Colorado: 122,132 thousand barrelsColorado122,132Wyoming: 86,456 thousand barrelsWyoming86,456Louisiana: 63,729 thousand barrelsLouisiana63,729Kansas: 45,481 thousand barrelsKansas45,481Utah: 37,136 thousand barrelsUtah37,136Montana: 28,552 thousand barrelsMontana28,552Ohio: 27,104 thousand barrelsOhio27,104Mississippi: 24,923 thousand barrelsMississippi24,923Alabama: 9,694 thousand barrelsAlabama9,694Illinois: 9,517 thousand barrelsIllinois9,517West Virginia: 8,303 thousand barrelsWest Virginia8,303Pennsylvania: 7,091 thousand barrelsPennsylvania7,091Arkansas: 6,225 thousand barrelsArkansas6,225Kentucky: 2,862 thousand barrelsKentucky2,862Nebraska: 2,400 thousand barrelsNebraska2,400Indiana: 2,219 thousand barrelsIndiana2,219Florida: 2,208 thousand barrelsFlorida2,208South Dakota: 1,663 thousand barrelsSouth Dakota1,663Tennessee: 296 thousand barrelsTennessee296New York: 286 thousand barrelsNew York286Nevada: 281 thousand barrelsNevada281Missouri: 149 thousand barrelsMissouri149Arizona: 37 thousand barrelsArizona37Virginia: 11 thousand barrelsVirginia11
thousand barrels. Source: EIA, Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2015
thousand barrels		Change on 2014
1Texas1,262,738+8.9%
2North Dakota429,596+9.2%
3California201,284-1.7%
4Alaska176,229-2.7%
5Oklahoma165,548+10%
6New Mexico148,094+18.4%
7Colorado122,132+27.7%
8Wyoming86,456+13.6%
9Louisiana63,729-7.9%
10Kansas45,481-8.2%
11Utah37,136-9.2%
12Montana28,552-4.5%
13Ohio27,104+78%
14Mississippi24,923+2.2%
15Alabama9,694-1.4%
16Illinois9,517-0.3%
17West Virginia8,303+9.7%
18Pennsylvania7,091+3.5%
19Arkansas6,225-8.1%
20Kentucky2,862+9%
21Nebraska2,400-3.5%
22Indiana2,219-10.3%
23Florida2,208-1.1%
24South Dakota1,663-7.5%
25Tennessee296-10.3%
26New York286-19.7%
27Nevada281-11.1%
28Missouri149-24%
29Arizona37-33.9%
30Virginia11-21.4%

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About this ranking

Crude oil, including lease condensate, produced from wells in the year (field production), in thousand barrels of 42 US gallons, as published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

An annual volume for the United States and its states. Production in federal offshore waters (most of it in the federal offshore Gulf, which EIA now labels Gulf of America) is counted in the United States total and in no state, so the states add up to less than the nation. State series start in 1981 and the national series in 1859. For daily rates that compare countries see crude_oil_production_bpd. EIA revises the latest years as final survey data arrive.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Energy Information Administration. Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A). https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_a.htm. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A) (US states by crude oil production, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_a.htm

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Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A), US states by crude oil production, 2015. U.S. Energy Information Administration, 22 Sept. 2026, https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_a.htm. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/crude-oil-production/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2026. Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A). US states by crude oil production, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_a.htm. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/crude-oil-production/us-states?period=2015.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A), US states by crude oil production, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_a.htm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/crude-oil-production/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Questions

Which state has the highest crude oil production?

Texas, with 1,262,738 thousand barrels in 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which state has the lowest crude oil production?

Virginia, with 11 thousand barrels in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

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