U.S. oil production hit 20-year milestone in November

Fuel Fix ^ | February 27, 2013 | Don Mason

[thackney]

U.S. oil production averaged 7.013 million barrels a day in November, the first time since 1992 that the average daily production during a month has exceeded 7 million, according to revised government figures.

The Energy Information Administration on Wednesday revised the November figure up from 6.893 million barrels per day. Average daily production during a month had last reached 7 million in December 1992, according to agency figures.

Production for December 2012 rose to 7.03 million barrels per day the agency said, still below the December 1992 figure of 7.1 million barrels per day.

For all of 2012, production averaged 6.474 million barrels per day, the highest since 6.56 million barrels per day in 1995, according to the Energy Information Administration.

[thackney]

U.S. Field Production of Crude Oil
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MCRFPUS2&f=M

[ksen]

Hmmmm, something happened in 2009 . . . what was it?

[thackney]

September 2008, Hurricane shutting down significant Offshore production, just like Sept 2005.

[thackney]

Link for specific data and dates:

Federal Offshore—Gulf of Mexico Field Production of Crude Oil
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfp3fm2&f=m

If you were thinking of the Deep Water Horizon / Macondo / BP blowout and spill, that affected drilling, not really production.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks thackney.

[AdmSmith]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/business/energy-environment/afl-cio-backs-keystone-oil-pipeline-if-indirectly.html?