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This article presents information about oil and gas production in Mississippi. Sources for this information include the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the Office of Natural Resource Revenue, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and state-specific agencies and media sources.

Mississippi ranked 13th in the nation for its production of crude oil in 2014. In 2013, that state ranked 12th in the nation for its natural gas production.

Reserves[edit]

See also: Fracking in Mississippi

The maps below show crude oil and natural gas proven reserves by state in 2013 using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Proven (or proved) reserves are defined by the EIA as "estimated volumes of hydrocarbon resources that analysis of geologic and engineering data demonstrates with reasonable certainty are recoverable under existing economic and operating conditions." This means that proven reserves can change over time as prices change and technological advances are made. For example, in 2013 there was an increase in the price of natural gas, making it economical to extract natural gas that previously had been too expensive to extract. This price increase led the EIA to increase its estimates of proven natural gas reserves.^[1]

Crude oil reserves by state A darker color indicates more reserves; scroll over a state to view its percentage of total U.S. crude oil reserves in 2013.

Natural gas reserves by state A darker color indicates more reserves; scroll over a state to view its percentage of total U.S. natural gas reserves 2013.

Oil and gas production on federal lands[edit]

See also: Oil and natural gas extraction on federal land in Mississippi

The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) provides data on mineral production on federal lands. The charts and tables below show federal onshore oil and natural gas production (in terms of the amounts sold) for fiscal years 2004 to 2014 for Mississippi, its adjacent states (provided for comparison), and the United States as a whole.^[2]

Crude oil production on federal lands in Mississippi and adjacent states in thousands of barrels
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Crude oil production on federal lands in Mississippi and adjacent states in thousands of barrels, fiscal years 2004 to 2014
State	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014
Mississippi	484	427	330	297	255	247	257	302	285	410	409
Alabama	322	237	103	70	64	44	40	38	34	31	25
Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louisiana	517	456	412	447	452	389	361	358	367	318	340
U.S. total	97,180	97,238	102,164	104,872	103,134	104,499	107,880	113,375	125,270	137,029	148,778
Note: Oil includes black wax crude, condensate, drip or scrubber condensate, fuel oil inlet scrubber, oil, oil lost, other liquid hydrocarbons, sweet crude and yellow wax crude. These data are collected in terms of sale years, which are "transactions for sales that took place in a given fiscal year and do not include adjusted or corrected transactions for sales that took place in previous fiscal years."^[3] Source: Office of Natural Resource Revenue, "Statistical Information"

Natural gas production on federal lands in Mississippi and adjacent states in million cubic feet (MMCF)
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Natural gas production on federal lands in Mississippi and adjacent states, in MMCF, fiscal years 2004 to 2014
State	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014
Mississippi	904	1,067	1,036	757	688	709	834	1,045	707	526	252
Alabama	53,478	47,568	44,490	36,463	33,778	30,362	28,210	23,002	19,946	18,990	18,431
Arkansas	7,519	9,249	10,100	9,965	10,388	14,674	17,978	13,994	12,392	10,885	10,349
Louisiana	14,246	29,485	30,492	29,734	30,249	22,903	16,856	19,444	20,121	16,040	11,125
U.S. total	2,403,287	2,580,017	2,660,419	2,891,765	3,081,528	3,196,500	3,033,285	2,918,572	2,906,698	2,655,876	2,499,870
Note: Natural gas includes coalbed methane, flash gas, fuel gas, gas lost (flared or vented), nitrogen, processed (residue) gas, unprocessed (wet) gas and gas plant products. These data are collected in terms of sale years, which are "transactions for sales that took place in a given fiscal year and do not include adjusted or corrected transactions for sales that took place in previous fiscal years."^[4] Source: Office of Natural Resource Revenue, "Statistical Information"

Oil and gas wells[edit]

Oil and gas wells on federal lands[edit]

According to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Mississippi was home to 34,192 producing acres on federally held land in fiscal year 2014. See the table below for further details, including data from surrounding states.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Production related statistics for Mississippi and adjacent neighboring states, fiscal year 2014
State	Producing acres	Permits approved	Wells spudded	Producing wells	Well completions
Mississippi	34,192	10	9	125	128
Alabama	7,707	0	0	30	30
Arkansas	121,558	25	14	209	223
Louisiana	54,171	6	1	461	482
Note: "--" indicates data were not available. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Oil and Gas Statistics" U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Mineral and Surface Acreage Managed by the BLM" U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Public Land Statistics 2014"

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Footnotes[edit]

[1] U.S. Energy Information Administration, "U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves," December 19, 2014

[ONNR_stats-2] Office of Natural Resource Revenue, "Statistical Information," accessed October 11, 2015

[3] Office of Natural Resource Revenue, "ONRR’s Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs," accessed October 8, 2015

[4] Office of Natural Resource Revenue, "ONRR’s Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs," accessed October 8, 2015

[oil_and_gas_stats-5] U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Oil and Gas Statistics," accessed October 6, 2015

[6] U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Mineral and Surface Acreage Managed by the BLM," accessed October 8, 2015

[publand_stats-7] U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Public Land Statistics 2014," May 2015

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