Oil production in the U.S.

For a long time, the United States leads the world in production of oil. The U.S. share of world oil production is 11.5% (2005). However, in recent years, its production decreases. In 1970, it produced 480 million tons, in 1980 - 425 million, in 1991 - 370 million tons, in 2000 - 350 million tons
The largest oil-producing areas are the south-western states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, which supply nearly half of oil produced in the country. Within this area is developed oil and offshore zone Gulf of Mexico.
The second important area of ​​production and allocation of oil fields are on the Pacific coast in California (from Port San Luis to the city of Los Angeles), and the area to the south-east of that line. It produces more than 50 million tons of oil (14%) of all oil production in the country.) New area of ​​oil production became Northern Alaska, where in the 1960s explored large deposits of fuel oil near Prudhoe Bay, with more than 1.5 billion tons of mine North Shlore - 1.3 billion tons of annual production in Alaska is not less than 100 million tons of oil.
The U.S. also has the most developed oil industry. Refineries are located near the main areas of consumption of petroleum products - industrial centers of the Northeast, port centers where imported refined oil, along

traces of trunk pipelines.

In the United States there are three major areas of processing of oil: Gulf Coast, the band stretches to 300 km (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi). It processed almost one-third of crude oil delivered to refineries in the country. Followed by South and Central California, which accounts for over 10% of the capacity of refineries, and strip the Atlantic coast from New York to Baltimore, which is concentrated to 10% of the capacity of refineries U.S..
The major oil companies of the country are Exxon Mobil and Chevron Texaco.
U.S. is the largest consumer of oil in the world. Daily consumption of oil in the country is about more than 2.6 million tons / day. (Or almost a quarter of the world), with about half of the country's oil consumption has to trucks.
Oil reserves in the U.S. is about $ 4 billion tonnes (2.2% of the world). The U.S. is also one of the leaders of oil imports - about 1.5 million tonnes / day.