How much of the crude oil produced in the United States is consumed in the United States?
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) cannot determine precisely how much of the crude oil produced in the United States is then consumed in the United States. Most of the crude oil produced in the United States is refined in U.S. refineries along with imported crude oil to make petroleum products. For data on U.S. domestic (field) crude oil production, imports, exports, and refinery inputs of crude oil see U.S. Petroleum Supply and Disposition. EIA publishes data on the volumes of domestic and imported crude oil received at U.S. refineries in Refinery Receipts of Crude Oil by Method of Transportation.
EIA is not able to determine precisely how much of the crude oil exported from the United States is produced in the United States because some of the exported crude oil may originally have been imported from other countries, placed in storage, and then re-exported. The United States also produces and exports petroleum products, but EIA is unable to precisely track how much of these petroleum exports are made from domestically produced or imported crude oil. Also, some of U.S. crude oil exports are refined into petroleum products in other countries, which may be exported back to, and consumed in, the United States.
EIA’s final annual data for 2021 indicates that U.S. total petroleum production averaged about 18.662 million barrels per day (b/d), which included:
- crude oil—11.254 million b/d
- hydrocarbon gas liquids—6.042 million b/d
- biofuels and oxygenates—1.136 million b/d
- refinery processing gain—0.956 million b/d
Total U.S. petroleum consumption (reported as product supplied) averaged about 19.890 million b/d in 2021. The difference between petroleum consumption and production is mainly composed of net imports (imports minus exports) of petroleum and changes in petroleum inventories.
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Monthly Energy Review, Table 3.1: Petroleum Overview
U.S. Petroleum Supply and Disposition
Energy Explained: Oil–Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
Last updated: September 21, 2022, with final annual data for 2021 from the Petroleum Supply Annual, August 2021.