Crude oil production (year to date)

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38,000barrels per day

United States · as of 31 Aug 2026

Crude oil production in United States (year to date) totalled 38,000 barrels per day as of 31 August 2026 (EIA).

Original source
Publisher
EIA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Federal Gulf of America
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The Whale FPU drawing from the Whale field, which has produced an average of 38,000 b/d since it came online in January 2025

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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_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE23
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_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE23.
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_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE23.
BibTeX
@misc{eia2026crudegwge23, 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_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE23}, 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
Federal Gulf of America
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_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE23