Charts & Analysis

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Falling domestic crude oil production in the U.S. West Coast has contributed to increased crude oil imports and a higher refinery acquisition cost of crude oil

Refineries on the U.S. West Coast (PADD 5) have increased their imports of crude oil as local production in Alaska and California has declined.

Petroleum product consumption is at or near all-time highs in Rocky Mountain states

The Rocky Mountain region (PADD 4) is the least populous in the United States, but a combination of growing population and increased crude oil production is contributing to higher consumption of gasoline, jet fuel, and distillate fuel oil.

Non-OECD countries now account for nearly 60% of global petroleum consumption, up from 35% in the 1990s

Nearly 60% of the world's liquid petroleum consumption now occurs in non-OECD countries, up from just 35% in the 1990s.

Biofuel penetration on the West Coast is displacing petroleum distillate

Petroleum refiners on the U.S. West Coast are shifting production from petroleum-based distillate fuel to jet fuel, as the region requires less petroleum-based distillate to meet end-use consumption.

U.S. oil & natural gas producers are drilling longer horizontal wells

In the Midland region of the Permian Basin, the average length of laterals, the horizontal portion of a well, has increased by 58% since 2015.

Crude oil production in Ohio has tripled since mid-2021

At 151,000 b/d in July 2025, crude oil production in Ohio is three times as large as it was in the middle of 2021 and is at an all-time high in data back to 1981, according to EIA’s Petroleum Supply Monthly.

The age of fixed assets in the oil and gas extraction industry reached an all-time high of nearly 15 years in 2024

Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows the average age of fixed assets in the oil and gas industry increased for the tenth consecutive year in 2024, consistent with investment declining from an inflation-adjusted peak of $255 billion in 2014 to $106 billion in 2024.