EIA: U.S. Tops Global Crude Oil Output in 2025


   
   HOUSTON, TX (DTN) --The United States remained the world's largest crude oil 
producer in 2025 after crude oil production, including lease condensate, 
reached a record-high of 13.6 million bpd, surpassing the 13.2 million bpd 
recorded last year, according to the Energy Information Administration in a 
report released on Wednesday (7/8).

   In 2025, U.S. crude oil production was about 40% higher on average than the 
volume reported by Russia and Saudi Arabia.

   Crude oil production including lease condensate in Saudi Arabia increased to 
9.6 million bpd in 2025 from 9.2 million bpd the prior year, while Russia's 
crude oil output averaged 9.9 million bpd in 2025, steady compared with 2024.

   The increase in U.S. crude oil production was driven by improvements in 
drilling productivity and operational efficiency across key shale basins, 
allowing operators to extract more oil from each well. Production growth was 
driven by higher output from the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, rising 
4% to 6.6 million bpd in 2025, compared with 6.3 million bpd the prior year. 
The Permian accounted for approximately 48% of U.S. production in 2025, 
according to EIA data.

   The EIA expects U.S. crude oil production to remain near 13.7 million bpd in 
2026, before increasing to 14.2 million bpd in 2027, based on its latest 
Short-Term Energy Outlook. Production growth comes amid rising prices as WTI 
prices are expected to increase by $22/b to $88/b in 2026, and continued shale 
well productivity improvements.




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