Petroleum Industry Statistics
The American Petroleum Institute maintains statistics on the industry. Here are statistics for July 2010.
- The total petroleum products delivered to the domestic market was 19,319,000 barrels per day.
- U.S. petroleum imports amounted to 12,675,000 barrels per day.
- Persian Gulf petroleum imports accounted for 20.1 percent of total petroleum imports in the U.S.
- U.S. crude oil production at the same time was 5,288,000 barrels of oil per day, of which approximately 430,000 barrels was from Alaska.
- The average number of active drilling rings in the U.S. was 1,541 for the entirety of 2010
In May 2011, oil imports to the United States came from the following:
|
Country |
Barrels per day |
Percent of Total Imports |
|
Canada |
2,207,000 |
24.4 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
1,192,000 |
13.2 |
|
Venezuela |
981,000 |
13.2 |
|
Nigeria |
834,000 |
10.9 |
|
Mexico |
704,000 |
9.2 |
|
Russia |
677,000 |
7.5 |
|
Iraq |
407,000 |
4.4 |
|
Algeria |
393,000 |
4.4 |
|
Colombia |
393,000 |
4.4 |
|
Angola |
356,000 |
3.9 |
Compared to the U.S., the UK consumed approximately 1.6 million barrels of oil per day in 2011. Until 2005, the UK was a net exporter of oil. The change in import/export status was a result of diminishing oil production and not due to increased utilization. Following 2005, the U.K. imported oil as follows:
|
Location |
Percentage of Total |
|
Middle East |
2 |
|
Western Hemisphere |
4 |
|
Norway |
70 |
|
Africa |
7 |
|
Other |
17 |
