‘Powerhouse’ Permian accounts for 48 percent of record U.S. oil output in 2025

U.S. Energy Information Administration said recently that Permian Basin provided 48 percent of the nation’s record total of crude oil production in 2025.  In the March edition of its short-term energy outlook, EIA said U.S. oil production increased by 3 percent or 350,000 barrels to a record 13.6 million barrels per day last year compared to 2024.  Permian Basin in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico accounted for 48 percent of the total and most of the growth by adding 280,000 b/d to reach 6.6 million b/d.

Eagle Ford in south Texas and Bakken in North Dakota and Montana each contributed 1.2 million b/d or about 9 percent of the U.S. total in 2025.

EIA said new wells produced 2.9 million b/d of the U.S. total.  And the record total came from 5 percent fewer active wells than in 2024.  EIA said, “Despite less rig activity and fewer wells, efficiency improvements that we saw in 2024 continued through 2025 and resulted in a slight increase in crude oil production.”  Oil & Gas Journal added, “Permian Basin remained the powerhouse of U.S. production.”