Global crude oil onshore and offshore production distribution 2025

This statistic shows the distribution of the onshore and offshore crude oil production worldwide from 2005 to 2015, with forecasted figures for 2018 and 2025. In 2025, it is forecasted that 28 percent of the crude oil produced globally will be produced offshore, while the remaining 72 percent of crude oil will be produced onshore.

Distribution of onshore and offshore crude oil production worldwide from 2005 to 2025

Characteristic	Onshore	Offshore
2005	68%	32%
2010	69%	31%
2011	70%	30%
2015	71%	29%
2018*	72%	28%
2025*	72%	28%

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February 2019

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2005 to 2015

Supplementary notes

*Forecasted figures.
This statistic has been assembled using two different reports. Figures for 2005, 2010, and 2015 were taken from the following report.
Offshore oil production is mainly concentrated in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Mexico, Norway, and the United States, which produced a combined total of 43 percent of the offshore oil production worldwide in 2015.

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