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U.S. Crude Oil Field Production (Thousand Barrels)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1850's 2
  1860's 500 2,114 3,057 2,611 2,116 2,498 3,598 3,347 3,646 4,215
  1870's 5,261 5,205 6,293 9,894 10,927 12,163 9,133 13,350 15,397 19,914
  1880's 26,286 27,661 30,350 23,450 24,218 21,859 28,065 28,283 27,612 35,164
  1890's 45,824 54,293 50,515 48,431 49,344 52,892 60,960 60,476 55,364 57,071
  1900's 63,621 69,389 88,767 100,461 117,081 134,717 126,494 166,095 178,527 183,171
  1910's 209,557 220,449 222,935 248,446 265,763 281,104 300,767 335,316 355,928 378,367
  1920's 442,929 472,183 557,531 732,407 713,940 620,373 770,874 901,129 901,474 1,007,323
  1930's 898,011 851,081 785,159 905,656 908,065 993,942 1,098,513 1,277,653 1,213,254 1,264,256
  1940's 1,503,176 1,404,182 1,385,479 1,505,613 1,677,904 1,713,655 1,733,424 1,856,987 2,020,185 1,841,940
  1950's 1,973,574 2,247,711 2,289,836 2,357,082 2,314,988 2,484,428 2,617,283 2,616,901 2,448,987 2,574,590
  1960's 2,574,933 2,621,758 2,676,189 2,752,723 2,786,822 2,848,514 3,027,763 3,215,742 3,329,042 3,371,751
  1970's 3,517,450 3,453,914 3,455,368 3,360,903 3,202,585 3,056,779 2,976,180 3,009,265 3,178,216 3,121,310
  1980's 3,146,365 3,128,624 3,156,715 3,170,999 3,249,696 3,274,553 3,168,252 3,047,378 2,979,123 2,778,773
  1990's 2,684,687 2,707,039 2,624,632 2,499,033 2,431,476 2,394,268 2,366,017 2,354,831 2,281,919 2,146,732
  2000's 2,130,707 2,117,511 2,097,124 2,073,453 1,983,302 1,890,106 1,862,259 1,862,441


Updated on 7/11/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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