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US states by crude oil production

Texas had the highest crude oil production of 30 states in 2018, at 1,613,180 thousand barrels. Virginia had the lowest, at 5 thousand barrels. The median was 10,580 thousand barrels and the figure for the United States was 4,004,845 thousand barrels. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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Highest1,613,180Texas
Lowest5Virginia
Median10,58030 states
United States4,004,845History

Map of states, 2018

Alabama: 5,887 thousand barrelsAlaska: 174,801 thousand barrelsArizona: 10 thousand barrelsArkansas: 5,000 thousand barrelsCalifornia: 160,658 thousand barrelsColorado: 169,134 thousand barrelsFlorida: 1,839 thousand barrelsIllinois: 8,420 thousand barrelsIndiana: 1,684 thousand barrelsKansas: 34,715 thousand barrelsKentucky: 2,265 thousand barrelsLouisiana: 48,079 thousand barrelsMississippi: 16,946 thousand barrelsMissouri: 96 thousand barrelsMontana: 21,559 thousand barrelsNebraska: 1,962 thousand barrelsNevada: 255 thousand barrelsNew Mexico: 249,297 thousand barrelsNew York: 223 thousand barrelsNorth Dakota: 466,395 thousand barrelsOhio: 22,988 thousand barrelsOklahoma: 201,217 thousand barrelsPennsylvania: 6,476 thousand barrelsSouth Dakota: 1,273 thousand barrelsTennessee: 210 thousand barrelsTexas: 1,613,180 thousand barrelsUtah: 37,117 thousand barrelsVirginia: 5 thousand barrelsWest Virginia: 12,739 thousand barrelsWyoming: 87,960 thousand barrels
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thousand barrels, 2018. 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, 2018

Texas: 1,613,180 thousand barrelsTexas1,613,180North Dakota: 466,395 thousand barrelsNorth Dakota466,395New Mexico: 249,297 thousand barrelsNew Mexico249,297Oklahoma: 201,217 thousand barrelsOklahoma201,217Alaska: 174,801 thousand barrelsAlaska174,801Colorado: 169,134 thousand barrelsColorado169,134California: 160,658 thousand barrelsCalifornia160,658Wyoming: 87,960 thousand barrelsWyoming87,960Louisiana: 48,079 thousand barrelsLouisiana48,079Utah: 37,117 thousand barrelsUtah37,117Kansas: 34,715 thousand barrelsKansas34,715Ohio: 22,988 thousand barrelsOhio22,988Montana: 21,559 thousand barrelsMontana21,559Mississippi: 16,946 thousand barrelsMississippi16,946West Virginia: 12,739 thousand barrelsWest Virginia12,739Illinois: 8,420 thousand barrelsIllinois8,420Pennsylvania: 6,476 thousand barrelsPennsylvania6,476Alabama: 5,887 thousand barrelsAlabama5,887Arkansas: 5,000 thousand barrelsArkansas5,000Kentucky: 2,265 thousand barrelsKentucky2,265Nebraska: 1,962 thousand barrelsNebraska1,962Florida: 1,839 thousand barrelsFlorida1,839Indiana: 1,684 thousand barrelsIndiana1,684South Dakota: 1,273 thousand barrelsSouth Dakota1,273Nevada: 255 thousand barrelsNevada255New York: 223 thousand barrelsNew York223Tennessee: 210 thousand barrelsTennessee210Missouri: 96 thousand barrelsMissouri96Arizona: 10 thousand barrelsArizona10Virginia: 5 thousand barrelsVirginia5Texas: 1,613,180 thousand barrelsTexas1,613,180North Dakota: 466,395 thousand barrelsNorth Dakota466,395New Mexico: 249,297 thousand barrelsNew Mexico249,297Oklahoma: 201,217 thousand barrelsOklahoma201,217Alaska: 174,801 thousand barrelsAlaska174,801Colorado: 169,134 thousand barrelsColorado169,134California: 160,658 thousand barrelsCalifornia160,658Wyoming: 87,960 thousand barrelsWyoming87,960Louisiana: 48,079 thousand barrelsLouisiana48,079Utah: 37,117 thousand barrelsUtah37,117Kansas: 34,715 thousand barrelsKansas34,715Ohio: 22,988 thousand barrelsOhio22,988Montana: 21,559 thousand barrelsMontana21,559Mississippi: 16,946 thousand barrelsMississippi16,946West Virginia: 12,739 thousand barrelsWest Virginia12,739Illinois: 8,420 thousand barrelsIllinois8,420Pennsylvania: 6,476 thousand barrelsPennsylvania6,476Alabama: 5,887 thousand barrelsAlabama5,887Arkansas: 5,000 thousand barrelsArkansas5,000Kentucky: 2,265 thousand barrelsKentucky2,265Nebraska: 1,962 thousand barrelsNebraska1,962Florida: 1,839 thousand barrelsFlorida1,839Indiana: 1,684 thousand barrelsIndiana1,684South Dakota: 1,273 thousand barrelsSouth Dakota1,273Nevada: 255 thousand barrelsNevada255New York: 223 thousand barrelsNew York223Tennessee: 210 thousand barrelsTennessee210Missouri: 96 thousand barrelsMissouri96Arizona: 10 thousand barrelsArizona10Virginia: 5 thousand barrelsVirginia5
thousand barrels. Source: EIA, Crude oil field production by state, annual, thousand barrels (PET.MCRFP<state>1.A). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2018
thousand barrels		Change on 2017
1Texas1,613,180+26.3%
2North Dakota466,395+18.1%
3New Mexico249,297+44.7%
4Oklahoma201,217+21.3%
5Alaska174,801-3.2%
6Colorado169,134+30.2%
7California160,658-7.6%
8Wyoming87,960+16.1%
9Louisiana48,079-6.7%
10Utah37,117+7.8%
11Kansas34,715-3.1%
12Ohio22,988+15.2%
13Montana21,559+4.1%
14Mississippi16,946-4.7%
15West Virginia12,739+50.8%
16Illinois8,420+1.3%
17Pennsylvania6,476-1.2%
18Alabama5,887-13.8%
19Arkansas5,000-5.4%
20Kentucky2,265-8.6%
21Nebraska1,962+1.3%
22Florida1,839-4.4%
23Indiana1,684-5.4%
24South Dakota1,273-2.4%
25Nevada255-11.1%
26New York223+14.9%
27Tennessee210-22.5%
28Missouri96-17.2%
29Arizona10-23.1%
30Virginia5-28.6%

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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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest crude oil production?

Texas, with 1,613,180 thousand barrels in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which state has the lowest crude oil production?

Virginia, with 5 thousand barrels in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

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