Crude Oil Production in Nebraska

Crude oil production for 2010 was 2,207,344 barrels or 6,048 barrels per day, a decrease of 1.4 percent from 2009 when annual production was 2,238,846 barrels or 6,134 barrels per day. More information can be found in the report Crude Oil Production by County.

In 2009, Nebraskans consumed 40,357,000 barrels of petroleum products or 110,567 barrels per day; consumption is not available for more recent years. Nebraska's crude oil production in 2009 was 2,238,846 barrels or 6,134 barrels per day which represented only 5.6 percent of the petroleum products consumed in the state.

Crude oil production began in 1939 but, prior to 1950, there was no entity to report production for record keeping. Total production from 1939 to 1949 was estimated by the Geological Survey to be 5,934,112 barrels.

Crude Oil Production in Nebraska, 1950 – 1982

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(Barrels)


Year	Production
1950	1,396,046
1951	2,162,814
1952	2,681,114
1953	6,126,668
1954	8,142,513
1955	12,201,022
1956	16,560,987
1957	19,627,424
1958	20,366,954
1959	23,021,366


Year	Production
1960	23,786,739
1961	24,339,769
1962	24,893,777
1963	21,845,633
1964	19,113,091
1965	17,215,924
1966	13,850,367
1967	13,372,691
1968	13,183,023
1969	12,105,728


Year	Production
1970	11,452,511
1971	10,061,690
1972	8,705,122
1973	7,240,309
1974	6,610,595
1975	6,119,671
1976	6,179,902
1977	5,968,452
1978	5,862,277
1979	6,068,361


Year	Production
1980	6,239,652
1981	6,671,313
1982	6,872,204

Crude Oil Production in Nebraska, 1983 – 2011

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Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total¹
1983	562,152	508,864	542,398	529,810	547,386	521,587	543,190	544,998	531,989	547,738	520,463	480,481	6,386,417
1984	529,138	504,454	544,875	500,179	545,150	532,522	538,203	546,779	549,347	565,296	547,729	549,443	6,469,723
1985	556,664	514,103	588,527	579,691	605,069	570,347	586,255	601,343	583,953	608,706	572,288	579,246	6,942,502
1986	605,376	540,827	606,889	535,548	592,198	554,068	563,366	559,749	535,490	550,047	525,208	538,137	7,097,633
1987	540,588	483,887	509,946	510,008	521,386	508,937	514,704	506,652	494,073	508,775	490,748	504,194	6,090,631
1988	475,850	459,849	477,192	473,833	497,501	491,800	506,413	518,445	500,694	532,802	516,135	534,628	5,978,429
1989	560,755	483,927	532,398	531,987	531,549	536,038	537,398	521,793	504,189	514,255	483,913	488,017	6,231,544
1990	495,587	453,011	499,275	492,188	499,698	481,191	507,066	512,786	497,133	503,250	473,634	471,128	5,889,722
1991	484,621	446,305	493,822	480,509	492,898	477,288	492,365	500,261	484,883	501,591	479,628	498,266	5,832,115
1992	487,064	454,314	477,821	465,851	475,649	449,522	457,451	448,996	442,453	450,999	428,757	434,678	5,474,188
1993	423,080	380,548	424,198	411,144	426,356	416,168	419,282	410,755	393,794	428,760	377,872	386,677	4,868,255
1994	377,397	335,172	368,888	330,110	365,458	346,816	357,857	355,171	346,106	351,934	337,184	345,040	4,217,322
1995	339,141	308,455	334,305	320,629	322,370	309,952	308,773	317,743	307,646	315,256	302,238	307,302	3,793,759
1996	298,385	283,805	305,605	292,958	298,182	295,579	300,191	297,363	290,523	301,561	286,507	290,483	3,543,110
1997	284,468	261,642	289,554	273,429	280,816	269,162	274,499	276,983	271,845	285,170	282,426	286,056	3,336,834
1998	286,214	268,906	293,955	284,176	290,780	266,962	258,176	256,484	248,955	255,315	236,728	231,112	3,175,852
1999	225,315	202,766	216,084	212,584	220,462	216,336	213,622	228,521	223,193	237,743	225,552	237,378	2,661,299
2000	239,620	228,028	247,550	245,461	249,763	247,208	251,054	249,876	250,692	256,855	241,609	248,303	2,955,351
2001	251,052	224,850	250,652	241,217	255,074	246,683	239,455	247,916	241,679	250,446	235,921	237,069	2,921,795
2002	237,349	215,148	235,071	229,658	236,222	225,615	225,649	239,695	229,141	236,330	227,597	244,962	2,778,858
2003	240,212	216,052	244,063	231,339	237,110	232,059	231,355	233,039	223,311	229,014	218,850	216,756	2,754,939
2004	213,824	200,256	212,516	207,718	213,687	203,436	207,731	213,034	204,492	211,660	205,255	211,353	2,507,232
2005	206,490	188,015	211,329	205,636	210,240	198,481	198,723	203,418	202,529	204,215	192,006	194,626	2,413,452
2006	199,391	181,650	198,084	190,047	194,016	191,345	197,865	196,170	188,956	193,732	190,601	189,932	2,312,955
2007	178,262	166,966	194,033	192,577	199,074	192,603	207,732	209,358	195,805	207,334	195,636	194,999	2,335,375
2008	190,641	182,914	196,527	189,843	194,296	189,902	196,715	212,945	213,168	216,679	203,332	206,388	2,393,633
2009	202,027	184,404	194,572	183,273	190,918	185,211	187,876	187,238	182,416	184,743	179,366	173,709	2,238,846
2010	171,984	161,901	180,256	174,851	184,286	179,621	187,049	194,081	188,151	193,098	193,530	197,881	2,207,344
2011	201,450	181,520	203,413	197,069	212,093	214,708	209,550	212,902	215,726	223,042	213,051	219,041	NA

Sources: "Nebraska Oil Activity Summary." Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Sidney, NE. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes: Monthly numbers are not available before 1983. Numbers in red have been revised. NA = Not Available.

¹The annual total is compiled after corrections and updates have been made which are not reflected in the monthly reports, so the annual total will not always equal the total of the monthly numbers.

The table was updated on August 3, 2012. Typically, there are two months between updates.
The graph was updated on December 12, 2011. Typically, there is one year between updates.

Crude Oil Production in Nebraska, 1950 – 1982

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Crude Oil Production in Nebraska, 1983 – 2011

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