The chart above shows the crude oil production in each US region as of January 2019 in thousands of barrels, the change from the previous month, and the production one year prior. The Northeast produces almost no crude at all.
Findings
- The difference between the region with the greatest production, the South, and the region with the least, the Northeast, is 174,934 thousand barrels (down from 177,354 last month and up from 143,850 last year). The South and the Northeast had the greatest and least production respectively both last month and last year.
- The South has 352.98 times the production that the Northeast does. The ratio of highest production to lowest production was down from 395.12 last month and up from 272.93 last year.
- Zero regions did not see a change in their crude production from the previous month, two produced more, and two regions produced less.
- Zero regions did not see a change in their crude production from last year, while three increased production, and one decreased production.
Caveats
- Data is from January 2019.
- All figures are rounded to the nearest hundredth.
- The Southern US consists of Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, and West Virginia.
- The Western US consists of California, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming.
- The Midwestern US consists of Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
- The Northeastern US consists of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Details
In absolute terms, the South saw the largest decrease over the previous month with a drop of 2,373 thousand barrels. The Midwest had the biggest spike in production with a gain of 113 thousand barrels. Year over year, the Northeast had the largest decrease with a drop of 32 thousand barrels while the South had the greatest increase with a gain of 31,052 thousand barrels.
In relative terms, the South had the greatest decrease over the previous month with a 1.33% drop in production while the Northeast had the greatest increase with a 10.44% gain in production. Year over year, the Northeast had the greatest decrease with a 6.05% drop in its production while the South had the greatest increase with a 21.51% gain in production.
The South accounted for over half the production of crude in the country at 56.86%. It, with the West accounted for just over four-fifths of the entire crude production in the US at 83.94%.
The Northeast has the smallest range in crude production this month with a low of 0 thousand barrels in nine states to a high of 481 thousand barrels in Pennsylvania which accounts for 96.78% of all crude produced in the Northeast. The South has the greatest range with a low of 0 thousand barrels in four states to a high of 149,704 in Texas which makes up 85.33% of all crude produced in the South. North Dakota, the largest producer in the Midwest accounts for 86.97% of the region's production and New Mexico, the largest producer in the West accounts for 30.32% of the region's production.
Sources
US Energy Information Administration. 2019. "Crude Oil Production." Accessed May 14, 2019. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_m.htm.