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The United States remained the world’s largest crude oil producer in 2025, according to our International Energy Statistics database, extending a streak that began in 2018 when the United States overtook Russia to become the world’s leading producer.
Crude oil production in the United States, including lease condensate, averaged a record-high 13.6 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2025, breaking the previous U.S. and global production record of 13.2 million b/d set in 2024. U.S. crude oil production was about 40% higher on average in 2025 than that from the next two largest global crude oil producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
U.S. crude oil production has been buoyed by continued gains in drilling productivity and operational efficiency across key shale basins, which allow operators to extract more oil per well. The growth in output continued in 2025 despite lower oil prices; West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices dropped from an average of $77/b in 2024 to $65/b in 2025 amid global oversupply. Production growth was particularly strong in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, which had a 4% increase in crude oil production, from 6.3 million b/d in 2024 to 6.6 million b/d in 2025. The Permian accounted for approximately 48% of U.S. production in 2025.
Shale oil and gas development in the United States became notable when in 2008 it reversed a multi-decade decline in U.S. crude oil production. U.S. crude oil production powered by shale development has turned the United States into not just the world’s largest producer, but the largest producer of crude oil ever.
