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Who pumps the most oil

Story video · 6 Nov 2026

Satellite globe with the United States, Saudi Arabia and Russia in their flags. In 2008 the US pumped 5.0 million barrels of crude a day, Saudi Arabia 9.3. A line chart shows US output passing Saudi Arabia and Russia in 2018 and reaching 13.7 million in 2025, above a strip of the Brent price falling from 99 dollars in 2014 to 52 in 2015 and averaging 42 in 2020. Three rings show fuels as a share of goods exports: United States 17 percent, Saudi Arabia 79 percent, Russia 43 percent (2021).

The US went from half of Saudi Arabia's crude output to a record 13.7 million barrels a day

Brent fell from 99 dollars a barrel in 2014 to 52 in 2015. In December 2016, OPEC and Russia agreed to pump less together (OPEC+). The US is not part of it.

Fuels are 17% of US goods exports, 79% for Saudi Arabia and 43% for Russia (2021).

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA); World Bank (fuel exports, CC BY 4.0); imagery NASA Blue Marble