WASHINGTON, D.C. (Michigan News Source) – The United States is setting records every month for its production of crude oil, but Michigan is not a part of that spike.

U.S. oil production.

The U.S. domestic production hit 13.8 million barrels of oil per day in the month of September, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That broke the previous high in the history of this country set in August.

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Experts say new technologies have contributed to the increase in oil production. The U.S. was producing 5.3 million barrels of oil per day in 2010.

Michigan oil production.

Here in Michigan, the Great Lakes State produced just 311,000 barrels of oil in September, the second lowest amount recorded (outside of two months during the pandemic shutdown) since 1981, as far aback as data is collected online. By comparison, Michigan produced 2.8 million barrels of oil in March of 1983.

Compare that to New Mexico, where monthly oil production has increased from 11.7 million barrels of oil in January of 2016 to 70.5 million barrels as of September.

Jason Geer, president and CEO of the Michigan Oil & Gas Association, said Michigan is a high cost, high regulation state. “If you are looking to drill somewhere, Michigan is an expensive state,” Geer said.

In addition, Geer said there are no big shale deposits in Michigan, which make it easy to extract oil.

Geer said when oil prices dropped in 2014, the oil industry cratered in Michigan and big companies left and what remained was mostly family owned companies.

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Gas prices in Michigan dipped to $2.801 per gallon for unleaded fuel as of Dec. 17. A year ago, gas prices hovered at $3.01.