Oil producers extracted around 164 million barrels of crude oil from Alaska in 2021. Between 1980 and 2021, Alaska's crude oil production volume declined by more than half. Alaska's proved oil reserves amounted to 3.13 billion barrels as of 2021.
In 2017, the U.S. government implemented a law that allowed parts of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be leased for oil drilling in a bid to support tax cuts for corporations. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the coastal plain area up for oil leases could hold close to 16 billion barrels of oil. Despite concerns from environmentalists and Native Alaskan tribes questioning the necessity of establishing even more oilfields, a court ruling in early January 2021 allowed for lease sale to proceed.
Crude oil production in Alaska, United States in selected years from 1980 to 2021
(in million barrels)
Characteristic
Proved reserves in million barrels
2021
164
2020
159
2019
171
2018
176
2017
177
2016
178
2015
174
2010
195
2005
312
2000
328
1995
540
1990
652
1985
667
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