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Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Shahool Al Bari Shahool Al Bari New York, United States Last Updated: November 2024 NAICS 21111

Revenue

$497.9bn

2024

$497.9bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xbn

Employees

130k

Businesses

42,338

Wages

$XX.Xbn

Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry analysis

Oil and gas producers have experienced high volatility in recent years. The pandemic halted the economy and ripped away steady growth as restrictions limited the need for oil and gas. The conflict in Ukraine added to the uncertainty, as the reliance on Russian oil and gas was distributed between domestic producers and other sources. As the economy recovered, the need for oil and gas shot up quicker than supply could match, causing prices to surge and generating substantial returns. Revenue has swelled at a CAGR of 3.1%, reaching $497.8 billion in 2024, including a 2.3% uptick in 2024 alone.

Trends and Insights

  • Global market volatility led to significant gains for US oil producers, who capitalized on high prices and low supply by increasing exports to meet rising international energy demand. Russia's invasion of Ukraine further intensified this reliance, particularly for countries like the Netherlands.
  • The manufacturing sector remains energy-intensive, heavily relying on oil and gas. With a growing shift towards renewable energy, producers may face challenges as factories look to cut costs and embrace sustainable practices.
  • The Southwest stands out for its drilling and extraction operations, thanks to abundant reserves in Texas and Oklahoma. These states benefit from minimal regulations and proximity to Mexico, boosting producers' revenues significantly.
  • Despite efforts for energy self-sufficiency, US oil and gas imports are increasing. Improved pipeline infrastructure with Canada has boosted these imports, highlighting the ongoing need for foreign energy sources.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 3.1 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $497.9bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Economic uncertainty induced considerable volatility

  • Amid the pandemic, the government has implemented safety measures to limit its effects. These measures kept people at home and slowed nearly all industries, drastically cutting the need for fossil fuels. This caused crude oil and natural gas prices to plummet, weakening revenue and profit.
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Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to decline over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

The need for commodities mitigates price drops

  • With global oil and gas production continuing to swell, prices will continue to plummet, leading to price-based declines for producers. While prices will drop over the outlook period, the need for these commodities will remain high. Falling prices are relative to very high prices compared to the current period so that profit will remain strong despite revenue creeping downward.

Biggest companies in the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Conocophillips Co
31,258.2
7,862.2
25.2
Chevron Corp
26,260.6
5,984.1
22.8
Exxon Mobil Corporation
23,016.1
3,229.0
14.0

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Products & Services Segmentation

Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Crude oil and lease condensate, Natural gas liquids and Dry natural gas. Crude oil and lease condensate is the largest segment of the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US.

Trends and Insights

Crude oil remains essential to the US economy

  • Crude oil is a naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons located in geological formations and is commonly refined into consumer products like gasoline and plastic.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Companies in this industry operate and develop oil and gas field properties. Activities include the exploration and production of crude petroleum; the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands; the exploration and production of natural gas; sulfur recovery from natural gas; and the recovery of hydrocarbon liquids. Companies may operate oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis.

What's included in this industry?

Crude petroleum and natural gas Natural gas liquid Exploring for crude petroleum and natural gasWellsSeparators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment and field gathering lines for crude petroleum

Companies

Conocophillips CoChevron CorpExxon Mobil Corporation

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Related Terms

OIL FIELDNATURAL GASLIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG)OFFSHORE PLATFORMSORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIESETHANOL

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 2111 - Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Global market volatility led to significant gains for US oil producers, who capitalized on high prices and low supply by increasing exports to meet rising international energy...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The manufacturing sector remains energy-intensive, heavily relying on oil and gas. With a growing shift towards renewable energy, producers may face challenges as factories l...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

The Southwest stands out for its drilling and extraction operations, thanks to abundant reserves in Texas and Oklahoma. These states benefit from minimal regulations and prox...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Despite efforts for energy self-sufficiency, US oil and gas imports are increasing. Improved pipeline infrastructure with Canada has boosted these imports, highlighting the o...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Vertically integrated oil companies have the advantage. Companies like Exxon Mobil guarantee themselves a market for their products to be refined, giving themselves the best ...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Conocophillips Co's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Chevron Corp's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Exxon Mobil Corporation's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 9 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Conocophillips Co, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Chevron Corp, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Exxon Mobil Corporation, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 9 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Regulations are in place to protect the environment, but they have gaps. While the Clean Air and Water Acts aim to prevent pollution, exceptions for hydraulic fracturing high...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Innovation in drilling techniques has helped maintain profit, even as prices have pushed down. This means extraction costs remain low, allowing companies to capitalize on the...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2017-2022)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2017-2022)
  • Income Statement (2017-2022)
  • Balance Sheet (2017-2022)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States in 2024?

The market size of the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States is $497.9bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in 2024?

There are 42,338 businesses in the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 6.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States has been growing at a CAGR of 3.1 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States is expected to decline.

What are the biggest companies in the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction market in United States are Conocophillips Co, Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil Corporation

What does the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US in United States include?

Crude petroleum and natural gas and Natural gas liquid are part of the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Conocophillips Co.

How competitive is the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the US industry in United States.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Oil & Gas Field Services in the US
  • Petroleum Refining in the US
  • Petrochemical Manufacturing in the US
  • Oxygen & Hydrogen Gas Manufacturing in the US

International industries

  • Global Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
  • Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in Canada
  • Oil and Gas Extraction in Australia
  • Oil and Gas Extraction in New Zealand
  • Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas Extraction in the UK

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