US oil output rose in February on Texas, New Mexico boost, EIA says

NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Total U.S. crude oil production rose slightly in February as top producing states Texas and New Mexico reversed recent declines and pumped more barrels, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday.

Oil output from the world's top-producing country rose to 13.16 million barrels per day in February, up about 29,000 bpd from January, the data showed.

Top oil-producing state Texas posted a 41,000 bpd increase in output in February to 5.62 million bpd, the first monthly increase since October, the data showed.

Output from New Mexico, the second largest oil-producing state, hit a record 2.13 million bpd, about 72,000 bpd higher than January and about 20,000 bpd higher than the prior record in December.

Gross natural gas production in the U.S. Lower 48 states, meanwhile, rose to 117.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in February, up from 116.5 bcfd in January, according to the agency's 914 production report.

That compares with a monthly record high of 118.3 bcfd in December 2024.

In top gas-producing states, monthly output in February rose by 0.1% to 36.3 bcfd in Texas and fell by 1.1% to 21.2 bcfd in Pennsylvania, the EIA said.

That compares with monthly record highs of 36.5 bcfd in December 2024 in Texas and 21.9 bcfd in December 2021 in Pennsylvania.

Total U.S. oil and petroleum demand fell from 20.74 million bpd in January to 20.23 million bpd in February, the lowest since October, as diesel and jet fuel consumption decreased.

Jet fuel demand fell by about 81,000 bpd month-over-month to 1.54 million bpd, the lowest since January 2024. Demand for distillate fuels, which includes diesel and heating oil, fell 67,000 bpd to about 4 million bpd.

On the other hand, gasoline demand rose to 8.68 million bpd from 8.48 million bpd in January, EIA data showed.