EIA: 10 Counties in U.S. in Permian Basin Account for 93% of Domestic Oil Production
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EIA: 10 counties in U.S. in Permian Basin account for 93% of domestic oil production
(The Center Square) – Ten counties in the U.S. – in Texas and New Mexico – account for 93% of domestic oil production in the last four years as analyzed by the U.S. Energy Information Agency.
America's Oil Boom Concentrated in Ten Permian Counties
If you want to know where America’s oil boom is happening, no need to look at the whole map—because it’s limited to just ten counties in the Permian Basin. Between 2020 and 2024, these small dots in Texas and New Mexico delivered 93% of all U.S. crude oil growth, according to the latest EIA and Enverus data. It's almost like the rest of the US doesn’t even matter when it comes to oil production growth. The U.S. added 1.9 million barrels per day …
Ten Counties in the Permian Basin Account for 93% of U.S. Oil Production Growth Since 2020
Source: EIA | Between 2020 and 2024, total crude oil and lease condensate production in the United States grew by 1.9 million barrels per day (b/d), 93% of which was produced from the Permian Basin and just 10 counties in Texas and New Mexico. Production from the rest of the United States, including producing areas in offshore state or federal waters, grew by just 130,000 b/d. The 10 counties are all within the Permian Basin, a large geologic fe…
Ten counties in the Permian Basin account for 93% of U.S. oil production growth since 2020
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly (total U.S. production) and Enverus (county-level data) Data values: U.S. Field Production of Crude Oil Between 2020 and 2024, total crude oil and lease condensate production in the United States grew by 1.9 million barrels per day (b/d), 93% of which was produced from just 10 counties in Texas and New Mexico. Production from the rest of the United States, including pr…
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