US oil production, consumption and exports in 2025
In 2025, the United States produced 21.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and natural gas liquids, of which 13.7 million was crude oil. It imported 7.9 million bpd, used 20.7 million bpd at home and exported 10.8 million, 2.8 million bpd more than it imported. Production was up 4.3% on 2024 and US oil use up 1.3%.
Gasoline was the largest single use, at 8.9 million barrels per day, 43% of all the oil the country used. Diesel and heating oil came next at 3.9 million, then propane, ethane and butane at 3.9 million. Of the 13.7 million barrels per day of crude pumped from US wells, 4.0 million was exported and the rest, about 9.7 million, went to refineries.
How to read the chart
The width of every flow is proportional to its volume. US supply flows in from the left: crude oil from US wells, natural gas liquids from gas processing plants and biofuels such as ethanol. Imports rise from below, together with refinery gain, the extra volume that appears because refined products are less dense than the crude they are made from. Everything meets in the middle, in the total supply.
Exports leave the total supply and curve up. What stays in the US splits first into transport fuels and materials, then into five groups of products, each shown with its main use. The figures are annual averages from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. What the chart calls "used in the US" is what the EIA calls product supplied, its standard measure of US oil consumption.
Why does the US import oil if it exports so much?
Most of the growth in US production since the shale boom has been light, low-sulfur crude from fields such as the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. Many US refineries, especially on the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest, were built to run heavier, higher-sulfur crude, the kind that comes from Canada and Latin America. It is usually cheaper to sell some light crude abroad and keep buying heavier grades than to rebuild refineries.
Geography matters too. Refineries on the East and West Coasts are far from the main US oil fields and pipelines, so they often buy crude by sea. See where it comes from on the map of US crude oil imports.
What is US oil used for?
Gasoline powers cars, SUVs, pickups, motorbikes and small boats; about a tenth of it is ethanol blended in. Diesel moves trucks, trains, ships and farm machinery, and the same fuel heats some homes as heating oil. Jet fuel is used by passenger and cargo planes. Propane, ethane and butane are mostly made into plastics and chemicals, and propane also heats homes and fuels grills. The rest includes asphalt for roads, petroleum coke for industry, lubricants and the gas refineries burn for their own energy.
US oil production, imports, consumption and exports by year
| Year | Produced | Imported | Used | Exported | Net exports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.2 | 7.9 | 20.7 | 10.8 | +2.8 |
| 2024 | 20.3 | 8.4 | 20.5 | 10.7 | +2.3 |
| 2023 | 19.5 | 8.5 | 20.3 | 10.2 | +1.7 |
| 2022 | 18.0 | 8.3 | 20.0 | 9.5 | +1.2 |
| 2021 | 16.7 | 8.5 | 19.9 | 8.5 | +0.1 |
| 2020 | 16.5 | 7.9 | 18.2 | 8.5 | +0.6 |
| 2019 | 17.2 | 9.1 | 20.5 | 8.5 | −0.7 |
| 2018 | 15.3 | 9.9 | 20.5 | 7.6 | −2.3 |
| 2017 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 20.0 | 6.4 | −3.8 |
| 2016 | 12.4 | 10.1 | 19.7 | 5.3 | −4.8 |
| 2015 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 19.5 | 4.7 | −4.7 |
| 2014 | 11.8 | 9.2 | 19.1 | 4.2 | −5.1 |
Questions
How much oil does the US produce per day?
21.2 million barrels per day in 2025: 13.7 million barrels of crude oil and 7.5 million barrels of natural gas liquids, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
How much oil does the US use per day?
20.7 million barrels per day in 2025, or about 871 million gallons a day. That counts all petroleum products, from gasoline and diesel to propane and asphalt.
How much oil does the US import?
7.9 million barrels per day in 2025: 6.2 million barrels of crude oil and 1.8 million barrels of fuels and other products.
How much oil does the US export?
10.8 million barrels per day in 2025: 4.0 million barrels of crude oil, 3.1 million of gas liquids such as propane, and 3.7 million of fuels such as diesel and gasoline.
Does the US export more oil than it imports?
Yes. In 2025 the US exported 10.8 million barrels per day of crude oil and petroleum products and imported 7.9 million, making it a net exporter of 2.8 million barrels per day. It still imports crude oil, because many refineries are built for heavier grades than most US wells produce.
What is most US oil used for?
Driving. Gasoline for cars, SUVs and pickups took 8.9 million barrels per day in 2025, 43% of all US oil use. Diesel for trucks, trains, ships and farms took 3.9 million, and jet fuel 1.7 million.
Where does the US import its oil from?
Mostly from Canada. See every country and port of entry on the map of US crude oil imports.
How much oil is in the US emergency reserve?
See this week's level, and how long it would last, on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve tracker.
Sources: EIA supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products and the EIA Monthly Energy Review for the share of petroleum in US energy use. EIA publishes full-year figures once a year; this page checks for new data several times a week. See how this site works.