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Alaska

Fifth among oil states, and 414,000 of its 422,000 barrels a day come from the North Slope.

422,000

barrels of crude a day, 2025 average

12 rigs working, up 3 from a year earlier, week ending Oct 16, 2026. 369 billion cubic feet of marketed gas in 2025, 11th of the 16 states EIA lists by name.

Fifth in oil

Alaska averaged 422,000 barrels of crude a day in 2025, fifth among the states, and 421,000 in July 2026, still fifth. EIA's North Slope row accounts for 414,000 of the 2025 average.

  • 421,000 barrels a day: Crude, July 2026. Still #5.
  • 154.0M barrels in 2025: Crude, full year.
  • 30.1 billion cubic feet: Marketed gas, July 2026. 11th of the 16 states EIA lists by name.
  • −5.8% crude since 2020: Down from 448,000 barrels a day in 2020 to 422,000 in 2025.

Five things about Alaska oil

  1. Fifth among the oil states

    In 2025 Alaska produced 154.0 million of the nation's 4.99 billion barrels of crude, 3.1%. Among the states, only Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota and Colorado produced more.

  2. Almost all North Slope

    EIA's North Slope row averaged 414,000 of Alaska's 422,000 barrels a day in 2025, about 98%. South Alaska made the other 8,000.

  3. Crude is down since 2020

    EIA's Alaska average fell from 448,000 barrels a day in 2020 to 422,000 in 2025, down 5.8%.

  4. Gas is up on 2020

    Marketed gas was 369 billion cubic feet in 2025, up from 339 billion in 2020 (+8.7%) and a little under 2024's 372 billion.

  5. More rigs than a year ago

    There are 3 more rigs at work than a year ago (12 against 9), and the count was unchanged on the week.

At the pump

Regular gasoline · West Coast (PADD 5) average: $5.56. Diesel · West Coast (PADD 5) average: $7.39, as of the week of Oct 19, 2026.

Questions people ask

How much oil does Alaska produce?
About 422,000 barrels a day in 2025, or 154.0 million barrels for the year, fifth among the states (EIA). July 2026 averaged 421,000 barrels a day, still fifth.
How much natural gas does Alaska produce?
369 billion cubic feet of marketed gas in 2025, per EIA, 11th of the 16 states EIA lists individually. July 2026 was 30.1 billion cubic feet.
How many drilling rigs are active in Alaska?
12, in Baker Hughes' count for the week ending Oct 16, 2026. That's unchanged on the week and up from 9 a year earlier.

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