Statistical Data

Data for the oil and gas industry in the United States comes from the federal and state government, business associations, and private analysts. The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) provide international data.

At the state level in the United States, various state agencies monitor oil and gas consumption and production. For example, the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources External "oversees the drilling, operation, maintenance, and plugging and abandonment of oil, natural gas, and geothermal wells" in that state. Data is also reported at the Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD) level External, which breaks the United States into five regions. Originally used in World War II for rationing purposes, it now is used to track oil and gas industry data. For example PADD 3 covers the Gulf Coast region meaning Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.

In addition to the resources listed on this page, industry reports compiled by analysts contain recent data and comprehensive industry outlooks. These industry reports are often produced by private publishers and are available through subscription databases. Data can also represented visually through maps.

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration Statistics

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects and publishes a variety of statistics related to energy information for both domestic and international tracking of: Consumption (Demand); Production (Supply); World Oil Balance; Prices; Reserves and Resources; Imports and Exports (Trade); Stocks (Inventories); Refinery Capacity; Rotary Rigs in Operation; Carbon Dioxide Emissions; Gross Heat Content; and Conversion Factors.

EIA Annual Energy Outlook (AEO)
The Annual Energy Outlook provides projections of energy markets by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Historical publications are available to freely download going back to 1979.
EIA Annual Energy Review
Annual reports cover years from 1994 to 2011, with data series starting in 1949 in charts within the reports. According to the site, data includes "total energy production, consumption, and trade; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, as well as financial and environmental indicators; and data unit conversion tables."
EIA Monthly Energy Reports
Monthly energy reports cover years 1972 to present. In 2011, annual energy reports were discontinued. According to EIA, the monthly reports include "total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions values."
EIA Natural Gas Data
Comprehensive landing page to natural gas data, including prices, exploration and reserves, production, imports and exports, pipelines, storage, and consumption.
EIA Petroleum Data
Comprehensive landing page to petroleum data, including prices, reserves and production, refining and processing, imports and exports, movements, stocks, and consumption.
EIA Recent Consumption and Efficiency Publications
Contains links to the Residential Energy Consumption Survey, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, and the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.
EIA State Energy Profiles
Contains links to state level quick facts, reports and publications, including production and consumption by source and sector.

National Oil and Gas Statistics

Besides the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a number of other federal offices responsible for regulating the oil and gas industry, along with national trade associations, publish statistics. Below is a sample of their statistics collections.

Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas Statistics
Part of the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management regulates the Federal government's onshore oil and gas interests. They have statistics on permit applications for drilling and leasing information.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Data Center
BSEE regulates offshore drilling and explorations. Their data center contains leasing, plans, pipeline, rig, well and production information.
Independent Petroleum Association of America Industry Statistics External
Provides industry statistics tracking data on crude oil and natural gas prices; comparative prices for crude, residual fuel, heating oil and natural gas; economic statistics, including production, imports and exports, and consumption; exploration statistics; natural gas storage; rotary rig count; and thirty year summary data for the United States covering exploration, drilling, reserves, supply, demand, prices, costs, industry employment, and financial indicators. Some data also available in PDF, XLS and ZIP doc formats.
U.S. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
"OSTI.GOV is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information." It includes historical publications from agencies preceding the DOE.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services (FT900). U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau issues data monthly on imports and exports, in dollars, of commodities, such as "petroleum and non-petroleum end-use."

International Oil and Gas Statistics

BP's Statistical Review of World Energy External
BP, one of the major oil companies, produces a report regularly that include statistics on oil and gas. Data going back to 1965 is available to download.
Energy Statistics United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) External
Collects and disseminates international energy statistics, including basic data as well as aggregated tables, energy balances and electricity profiles in its flagship publications: Energy Statistics Yearbook. This page also links to the Energy Statistics Database, which covers 1950-2016.
EIA International
U. S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration provides an energy situation overview for countries, as well as world oil market and environmental data on energy production and usage.
EIA International Energy Outlook
Presents an assessment by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the outlook for international energy markets for the next twenty years.
European Commission Energy Data and Analysis External
"The European Commission provides a wide range of analysis and statistics on the energy market including oil, coal, gas and electricity, data on energy imports and exports, and energy trends up and beyond 2050. These actions support EU policy making on energy. In addition, various energy statistics are produced, such as: energy performance in buildings, energy production, consumption, taxation and prices in the EU and abroad, economic and environmental data."
International Energy Agency (IEA) External
IEA's comprehensive website includes major annual reports on oil and gas, and groups resources by topic or country.
Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) External
A partnership between APEC, Eurostate, GECF, IEA, OLADE, OPEC and UNSD to provide more transparency in oil and gas industries. Two databases serve that purpose: The JODI Oil World Database, and the JODI Gas World Database. The JODI databases are updated on a monthly basis.
National Oil Company Database External
This open database is published by the Natural Resource Governance Institute and includes information on more than 70 NOCs. The data depends on public documents and government transparency, so there are some gaps in coverage.
Oil Adequacy Index (The Economist) External
According to the website, "The Oil Adequacy Index measures the net change week on week in real oil supplies and forecast global oil consumption." Some information is available freely, while subscribers can access additional content.
OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin External
While the Annual Statistical Bulletin has been published by OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) since 1965, digital versions can be found on this site going back to 2020. Data is only for countries that are part of OPEC.

The following materials link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are provided when available.

Annual Statistical Bulletin by Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Call Number: HD9560.4 .O735a
Published/Created: Annual. 1965 to present
The Library holdings are 1968, 1971-1978, 1995-1998. Data is only for countries that are part of OPEC. Most recent editions are on the OPEC publications website.External
Energy in the World Economy by Joel Darmstadter
Call Number: HD9540.4
ISBN: 0801812828
Published/Created: 1971
This book contains statistics in consumpution, production and interaction trade of energy commodities going back to 1925 by countries and regions. In the first section, there are discussions and interpretations of data trends. Part four is an annotated guide to the detailed energy statistics used in part three, and part five contains bibliographical suggestions including major periodical statistical publications. In addition to oil and gas, coal, hydroelectricity and nuclear energies are also covered.
Global Oil Trends
Call Number: HD9560.4 .W587
Published/Created: Annual, 2002 to present
Provides a quantitative and qualitative framework for assessing changes in the international oil industry. It covers world oil consumption, production and trade, oil reserves, market prices, revenues and investment, and market structure to include refining and transportation. Provides statistics on oil reserves, refining capacity, throughput and utilization, world tanker fleet and tonnage, oil storage, sailing from the Middle East, and transportation costs.
Oil & Energy Trends
Call Number: HD9560.4 .E56a
Published/Created: Monthly, 1979 to present
Provides current information on crude oil and NGLs, petroleum, and natural gas production, crude oil and petroleum products imports and exports.
Oil & Gas Journal Data Book
Call Number: HD9560.1 .O34
Published/Created: Annual, 1985 to 2008
One-stop reference for year in review data on the oil and gas industry offering selected articles, annual statistics, surveys, and indicators providing essential facts, figures, and forecasts. Information includes worldwide data on refinery reports and capacities, crude and product stocks, rig counts, crude oil and gas processing, forecasts and reviews, and reports on petrochemicals, gas processing, pipeline economics, refining, production, drilling and more.
Oil and Energy Trends: Annual Statistical Review by Wiley
Call Number: HD9560.4 .O319
Published/Created: Annual, 1986 to present
Data from governmental, industrial, and international organizations are compiled into this annual publication. In addition to tables and graphs, there are short, one-paragraph summaries of production and demand, and weekly summaries of oil and energy prices. Includes for some series, statistics at ten-year intervals from 1970 to 1990.
The Petroleum Almanac: A Statistical Record of the Petroleum Industry in the United States and Foreign Countries by National Industrial Conference Board
Call Number: HD9560.4 .P4
Published/Created: 1946
Statistics cover production, transportation, refining, marketing and distribution. Data goes back to 1859, but varies by table. Some data is broken down by state or country, but not by company. Some information is from the Bureau of Mines
Twentieth Century Petroleum Statistics
Call Number: HD9560.2 .T9
Published/Created: Annual, 1945 to 2008
This annual publication, published from 1945 to 2008, provides statistics on U.S. and world crude reserves, production, and prices, oil wells, refinery yields and capacity, imports, supply and demand, costs, oil consumption and more, each with statistics going back to 1945. Sample tables include percentage yields of the major refined products in the U.S., crude oil imports by source, stocks, daily average demand and days' supply of crude petroleum and all oils. Volumes published before 1998 include data series beginning in 1918. In the 1945 volume, some charts go back as far as 1900. Includes data from U.S. Bureau of Mines.
World Energy Supplies by Statistical Office of the United Nations
Call Number: HA13 .U5 subser.
Published/Created: Annual, 1951 to 1978
Provides internationally comparable series of commercial energy statistics summarizing world level and regional energy trends.
World Energy Supplies in Selected Years 1929-1950 by United Nations
Call Number: HA13 .U5 subser.
Published/Created: 1952 (for years 1929-1950)
Years covered are primarily 1929, 1937, 1949 and 1950. Tables throughout the report have data broken down into large regions: North America, Europe, USSR, Oceana, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Data in the appendix is listed by individual countries. There is also a bibliography of data sources at the end of the publication. Digitized versions are also available via Hathi Trust. External

Library of Congress Catalog Searches

Additional works on statistics in the oil and gas industries in the Library of Congress may be identified by searching the Library of Congress Online Catalog under appropriate subject headings. Choose the topics you wish to search from the following list of Library of Congress subject headings to link directly to the Catalog and automatically execute a search for the subject selected. For assistance in locating the many other subject headings which relate to this subject, please consult a reference librarian.

Below are Library of Congress subject headings that include sample geographic locations, but they can be replaced with the location (usually country or state) needed.

Also see publications in our collections authored by these organizations:

Oil and Gas Industry: A Research Guide

Statistical Data

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration Statistics

National Oil and Gas Statistics

International Oil and Gas Statistics

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