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America led the world oil production According to a new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2023 will mark the sixth consecutive year of growth.
U.S. crude oil production, including condensate, will average 12.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2023, surpassing the U.S. and world record of 12.3 million barrels per day (b/d) set in 2019. It became. US crude oil production In December 2023, production reached a record high of over 13.3 million barrels per day.
“According to international energy statistics, the United States has produced more crude oil than any other country for the past six consecutive years,” EIA said in its report.
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According to the EIA, the United States led the world in oil production in 2023 for the sixth consecutive year. – American and Texas flags stand in front of Chevron’s Pasadena Refinery on Sunday, March 8, 2020 in Pasadena, Texas. (Sharon Steinman/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
America, Russia, and Saudi Arabia Last year, global oil production totaled 32.8 million barrels per day, accounting for about 40%.
These three countries have produced more oil than any other country since 1971, including production in the Russian Federation before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Together, the next three largest producers, Canada, Iraq, and China, will produce 13.1 million barrels per day in 2023, slightly more than the United States alone produces.
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Russia and Saudi Arabia lag behind the United States in oil production, and the EIA predicts that neither is likely to surpass the United States in the near future. (Christophe Gateau/Photography partnership via Getty Images/Getty Images)
U.S. crude oil production has been in decline for decades since hitting a high of 9.6 million barrels per day in 1970, but hit a low of 5 million barrels per day in 2008 and has since reached a low of 20 million barrels per day. In less than a year, it has reached record levels in recent years.
The increase in U.S. production began in 2009 as producers increased their use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques. Since 2009, he has had two exceptions to the upward trend. In 2020 and 2021, prices fell due to the economic impact of weak oil demand. COVID-19 pandemic.
Production in the Permian Basin. west texas New Mexico and eastern New Mexico led the overall increase in crude oil and natural gas production seen in the United States in recent years.
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Production in the Permian Basin of west Texas and eastern New Mexico has driven recent increases in U.S. oil and gas production. (Reuters/Angus Mordaunt/Reuters Photo)
The EIA report noted that Russia led the world in crude oil production in 2017, but production growth has lagged since then. Russia faces sanctions Since it began re-invading Ukraine in February 2022, oil and gas sales from the United States and other Western countries have declined.
Russia announced production cuts in November 2022 and February 2023, and was also among OPEC+ members who announced individual voluntary production cuts of 500,000 barrels per day.
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