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71,000+
More than 71,000 Oklahomans are directly employed by the oil and natural gas industry.

228,000+
More than 228,000 Oklahoma jobs are indirectly supported by the oil and natural gas industry.

1 in 7 Jobs
Nearly 300,000 jobs, or 14 percent, of Oklahomans are directly or indirectly employed by the state's oil and natural gas industry.
More than $51 billion
The amount of Oklahoma goods and services the oil and natural gas industry generates each year.

$950 million
An estimated $950 million in tax collections will be paid by Oklahoma's oil and natural gas industry in 2011.

72 of 77 counties
Oil and/or natural gas is produced in 72 of 77 Oklahoma counties.
$107,000
The average annual income for an Oklahoma employee in the oil and natural gas industry.
95% of school districts
The number of school districts that have received free supplies from OERB workshops.

10,600+ teachers
trained by OERB.
90 Petro Pros
giving in-class presentations.

More than $20 million
spent on OERB student education programs.

More than 1 million
students reached through OERB's education efforts.

More than $2 million
spent on well site safety education.
$1.6 million
spent on OERB's Petroleum Scholar scholarship program.

Up to $500,000
awarded in scholarships each year.

108 Petroleum Scholars
supported by OERB.

More than 500
PetroTech students receiving technical training.

3rd in the nation
Oklahoma ranks 3rd in the nation in natural gas production.

125,000+
The number of producing oil and natural gas wells in Oklahoma.

5th in the nation
Oklahoma ranks fifth in the nation in crude oil production.

8.6%
Oklahoma is estimated to produce 8.6% of total U.S. natural gas production.
65 million
The number of barrels of oil Oklahoma produces each year.

More than a dozen
Oklahoma has more than a dozen of the 100 largest natural gas fields in the country.

$63 million
contributed by Oklahoma's oil and natural gas producers and royalty owners to restore abandoned well sites across the state.

11,000+
abandoned well sites restored by OERB.

$1.75 million
contributed toward weatherizing homes in Oklahoma.

65 of 77 counties
in Oklahoma contain restored land thanks to OERB's well site cleanup efforts.

800 homes
weatherized across Oklahoma, saving homeowners up to 30 percent on energy costs.

  
News & Media

Part of OERB's mission is to educate the public on the Oklahoma petroleum industry's contributions to our state. To that end, we provide the media with helpful industry news and links, while giving access to OERB Annual Reports and news releases. There's also a quick link to our advertising and the OERB media kit.

Thank you for your interest in the OERB and Oklahoma's oil and natural gas industry.








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