# U.S. Oil & Gas Production Map — Where Oil & Gas Is Produced by County

> Interactive heatmap of U.S. oil and gas production by county across ~25 states, from Buckhead Energy's open dataset. See where the most oil and gas is produced — top states and counties — with free, CC BY 4.0 data behind every point.

**URL:** https://www.buckheadenergy.com/map
**Source:** Buckhead Energy (https://www.buckheadenergy.com/)
**Generated:** 2026-09-17 (heuristic; server-side extraction)

## Answer
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. 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.

## Frequently Asked Questions
**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.

## Dataset
**Name:** U.S. Oil & Gas Production Heatmap by County

A high-level county-level heatmap of recent U.S. oil and gas production across roughly 25 states, aggregated from public state-regulator records.

## Page Outline
- U.S. Oil & Gas Production Map
  - Top producing states
  - How this map is built
  - Frequently asked questions

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