Average breakeven oil price

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69USD per barrel

United States · as of 31 Mar 2026

Average breakeven oil price in United States averaged 69 USD per barrel as of 31 March 2026 (EIA).

Original source
Publisher
EIA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Permian
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Oil industry executives responding in March to the Dallas Fed Energy survey reported average breakeven prices of $69/b in the Permian’s Midland Basin and $63/b in the Delaware Basin, the two largest basins in the Permian.

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APA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). United States on track for record crude oil production in 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68125. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1Z
MLA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "United States on track for record crude oil production in 2026." 2026, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68125. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1Z.
Chicago
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "United States on track for record crude oil production in 2026." 2026. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68125. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1Z.
BibTeX
@misc{eia2026averagegwge1z, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {United States on track for record crude oil production in 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1Z}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68125. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
United States on track for record crude oil production in 2026
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Permian
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1Z