Table 2. U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, 1987-1997

  1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Crude oil production (million barrels per day)
Alaska 1.96 2.02 1.87 1.77 1.80 1.71 1.58 1.56 1.48 1.39 1.30
Lower 48 6.39 6.12 5.74 5.58 5.62 5.46 5.26 5.10 5.08 5.07 5.16
Total 8.35 8.14 7.61 7.36 7.42 7.17 6.85 6.66 6.56 6.46 6.45
 
(trillion cubic feet)
Dry natural gas production 16.62 17.10 17.31 17.81 17.70 17.84 18.10 18.82 18.60 18.79 18.91
 
Crude oil production (percent of total U.S. production)
Alaska 23.5 24.8 24.6 24.0 24.3 23.8 23.1 23.4 22.6 21.6 20.1
Lower 48 76.5 75.2 75.4 76.0 75.7 76.2 76.9 76.6 77.4 78.4 79.9
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Sources: 1986-1996: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1997 , (July 1998), Table 5.2 (pdf format) and Table 6.2 (pdf format).
1997: Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, Table 3-2a (pdf format) and Table 4-1 (pdf format).

Last Updated on 4/16/2001

Finacial Analysis Team, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Energy Information Administration (Financial Reporting System)
Email: larry.spancake@eia.doe.gov