Ron Patterson is a retired computer engineer. He worked in Saudi Arabia for five years, two years at the Ghazlan Power Plant near Ras Tanura and three years with Aramco in Ras Tanura and Safaniya. He worked a short time as a stockbroker and a commodities broker but found the business did not suit his talents and returned to the computer industry in 1987. He spent the last 17 years of his career at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. He retired in 2004.
The EIA has finally updated their International Energy Statistics with data through February 2015. All data in the charts below are Crude + Condensate and…
The preliminary Texas RRC Production Data is out this morning. There appears to be a considerable drop in Texas crude oil production in April. All…
The North Dakota Industrial Commission is out with the April production Data for the Bakken and all North Dakota.(Click to enlarge)Eight month of flat to…
The latest OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out. There were no big surprises.(Click to enlarge)OPEC crude only production was up 23,000 bpd in May…
The EIA has released its latest Drilling Productivity Report. There were some interesting data presented in the report. (Click to enlarge)They say the Bakken peaked…
The EIA publishes every possible energy stat for the USA and hardly anything for the rest of the world. Well, anything current for the rest…
OPEC publishes monthly production data for all OPEC nations in their Monthly Oil Market Report. The data crude oil production only and does not include…
The Texas RRC is out with their latest Oil and Gas Production Data. Looks like oil production has leveled out with March production pretty much…
North Dakota publishes Historical Oil Production by County. However confidential wells are not included in these totals. But they also publish a State Summary…
The OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is just out with crude only production numbers for all OPEC countries for April 2015. According to their secondary sources…
All rig count data is provided by Baker Hughes. All monthly charts are oil rigs only. Gas rigs are not included in the count. The…
Since around 2005 many countries have increased their oil production but more have decreased. But the combined production of the United States and Russia have…
Increased oil output in the US has kept World oil output from declining over the past few years and a major question is how long…
The Texas Railroad Commission has released its incomplete production data for February. The RRC also estimates final production but that data has not been posted…
The EIA came out with its final update of Annual Energy Outlook 2015. It seems that the EIA is extremely optimistic concerning future US crude…
The NDIC Bakken Production Data and the NDIC North Dakota Production Data is in. Production in the Bakken was down 11,941 barrels per day and…
The Texas Rail Road Commission has released its latest stats with production numbers through January. There is always a delay in these numbers and that…
The latest OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out with OPEC crude only production numbers for February. All data in the OPEC charts below is…
Baker Hughes publishes a weekly oil and gas rig count by producing basin. I have created charts of all the most productive basins in order…
The EIA has published their Petroleum Supply Monthly with all US production numbers through December 2014. The chart below shows the largest changes in December…