(Reuters) -U.S. oil production rose 1.5% in August to a monthly record of 13.4 million barrels per day, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its monthly oil and production report.
That surpassed the previous record of 13.31 million barrels per day in December 2023, the data showed.
In the major oil-producing states, production in Texas rose 1.7% in August to a record 5.82 million barrels per day, while production in New Mexico rose 2.8% to a record 2.09 million barrels per day.
That compares with previous record highs of 5.76 million barrels per day in June in Texas and 2.04 million barrels per day in July in New Mexico.
Gross natural gas production in the lower 48 U.S. states fell about 0.6% to 115.9 billion cubic feet per day in August, according to the agency’s 914 production report.
That compared to a monthly record of 118.2 bcfd in December 2023.
In the largest gas-producing states, monthly production rose 1.2% in Texas to a record high of 36.1 bcfd in August, but fell 4.4% to a three-month low of 20.0 bcfd in Pennsylvania.
That compares to previous monthly record highs of 35.6 bcfd in July in Texas and 21.9 bcfd in December 2021 in Pennsylvania.
and supply and demand for petroleum products rose to 20.7 million barrels per day in August, the highest since May, according to agency data.
Demand for finished motor gasoline fell to 9.3 million barrels per day in August, the lowest level since June, while demand for distillate fuel oil rose to 3.9 million barrels per day in August, the highest level since February.
