There’s a new normal for oil production in the state, and it looks to be at a million barrels a day. The information was part of the state’s monthly oil production report, which showed a 1.4 percent increase in July over June numbers to an average of about 1.05 million barrels per day.
The increase equates to about 15,000 barrels a day of oil. Natural gas had about the same percentage increase, which is about 25 million cubic feet per day.