A high-level heatmap of where oil and gas is produced across the counties we cover — a bird's-eye view, not a well map. Toggle oil and gas below.
Production reporting period: 2025-01–2026-08.
Last complete dataset refresh: 2026-09-13T18:23:55.481Z. Individual counties may contain newer records from a partial refresh.
Reporting periods vary by county and may contain gaps. A missing month is not assumed to have zero production. Production months and dataset refresh dates are different from regulator publication dates.
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Brighter areas produce more. Aggregated to one point per county from public state-regulator records in the latest recorded calendar year and preceding calendar year; a high-level activity view, not a well map.
This map shows where oil and gas is produced across the United States — a county-level heatmap covering roughly 25 states, from Buckhead Energy's free, openly licensed production dataset. U.S. oil and gas production is heavily concentrated: a relatively small number of counties, led by the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, account for the majority of output. Brighter regions have larger production totals in the reporting period shown.
By recent production, the leading oil and gas states are Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Alaska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming, California. Texas leads by a wide margin. Explore any state's counties in the open datasets or the production dashboard.
Lea, New Mexico — 604,485,671 bbl
Eddy, New Mexico — 512,391,809 bbl
Martin, Texas — 405,005,088 bbl
Midland, Texas — 374,529,775 bbl
Loving, Texas — 272,741,371 bbl
Reeves, Texas — 272,652,695 bbl
McKenzie, North Dakota — 191,731,601 bbl
Weld, Colorado — 182,596,849 bbl
Beechey Point, Alaska — 180,914,268 bbl
Upton, Texas — 168,799,589 bbl
Beechey Point, Alaska — 5,399,308,187 mcf
Eddy, New Mexico — 2,725,595,676 mcf
Lea, New Mexico — 2,233,184,873 mcf
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania — 2,004,442,089 mcf
Bradford, Pennsylvania — 1,933,268,577 mcf
Webb, Texas — 1,884,200,597 mcf
Reeves, Texas — 1,849,237,340 mcf
De Soto, Louisiana — 1,791,191,757 mcf
Washington, Pennsylvania — 1,664,005,517 mcf
Greene, Pennsylvania — 1,598,624,272 mcf
Every point is a county centroid — the average surface location of the wells in that county — weighted by the county's oil and gas production in the latest recorded calendar year and preceding calendar year. The data comes from public state oil and gas regulator records, normalized by Buckhead Energy and published free under a CC BY 4.0 license. It is intentionally high-level: one point per county, not individual wells. Download any county's full monthly series as CSV or JSON.
Which U.S. states produce the most oil and gas?
By recent production in Buckhead Energy's county dataset, the leading states are Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Alaska, Colorado, Oklahoma. Texas is by far the largest oil and gas producer, followed by the other major shale and legacy basins.
What county produces the most oil in the United States?
Lea County, New Mexico is among the top oil-producing counties, with about 604,485,671 barrels in the latest recorded calendar year and preceding calendar year. Most of the top oil counties sit in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
What county produces the most natural gas?
Beechey Point County, Alaska is among the top gas-producing counties, with about 5,399,308,187 mcf in the latest recorded calendar year and preceding calendar year. Top gas counties cluster in the Appalachian (Marcellus/Utica), Permian, and Haynesville plays.
Where does this oil and gas production map get its data?
It is aggregated from public state oil and gas regulator well records, normalized to one point per county (a county centroid weighted by recent oil and gas volumes) by Buckhead Energy. It is a high-level activity heatmap, not a well-by-well map.
Is the production data free to use?
Yes. The underlying county production data is published free under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, downloadable as CSV or JSON for every covered county — use it with attribution to Buckhead Energy.
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