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Our Kentucky oil and gas data includes all production values, operators, wells, drilling permits, well logs, and much more. Overview for all oil and gas activity and production in Kentucky.
Last Update: June 20, 2024 Next Update: July 18, 2024 See full record of updates. Data in this section highlight only a small number of the many series available for this state. Use the "more" links on this page or the "Find" tool to access EIA's additional state-level data. + EXPAND ALL.
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Kentucky, home to the nation's gold reserves at Fort Knox and the popular Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, became the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains in 1792.1 Bordered on the north by the Ohio River, Kentucky stretches from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the flood plain of the Mississippi River in...
Kentucky ranks fifth in the nation in estimated recoverable coal reserves and fifth in coal production.19,20 Coal was mined in Kentucky as early as 1790. Since then, nearly 10 billion tons of coal have been mined in the state.21,22 About three-fifths of Kentucky's coal mines are surface mines, but underground mines account for about 80% of the stat...
In 2022, coal-fired power plants supplied 68% of Kentucky's electricity generation, the third-largest share among the states after West Virginia and Wyoming.42,43 Historically, coal-fired power plants produced more than 90% of Kentucky's net generation. However, as older coal-fired generating units became more costly to operate, about 5,600 megawat...
Kentucky accounts for less than 0.1% of U.S. proved crude oil reserves and production.52,53 Half the state's counties have producing oil wells, and the highest producing areas are located in eastern and western Kentucky.54,55 Kentucky's oil production of nearly 2.3 million barrels in 2022 was less than one-third of the state's record oil production...
Kentucky holds about 0.2% of U.S. proved natural gas reserves, but organic-rich shales that underlie eastern Kentucky may hold substantial additional natural gas resources.72,73,74 The state accounts for about 0.2% of the nation's marketed natural gas production.75 Most of the state's natural gas is produced from wells located in eastern Kentucky.7...
Renewable resources are a relatively small part of Kentucky's energy mix. Hydropower accounts for nearly all of the state's renewable electricity generation. In 2022, 11 hydroelectric dams produced about 6% of the state's total electricity net generation.91,92 Almost one-tenth of the renewable generation in Kentucky, or about 0.6% of the state's to...
1 U.S. News & World Report, Kentucky, accessed August 1, 2023. 2 World Atlas, Kentucky, Kentucky Geography, accessed August 1, 2023. 3 Kentucky Geological Survey, Physiographic Map of Kentucky and The Mississippian Plateau or Pennyroyal Region, accessed August 1, 2023. 4 Kentucky Geological Survey, The Bluegrass Region, accessed August 1, 2023. 5 U...
Resources. Production Reports. Oil and natural gas annual production data shall be supplied to the Division of Oil and Gas on or before April 15 for the preceding calendar year. Production information is held confidential for one year per KRS 353.205 . Production data is continuously being added.
Nov 30, 2023 · Kentucky Crude Oil Production is at a current level of 209.00K, down from 212.00K last month and up from 174.00K one year ago. This is a change of -1.42% from last month and 20.11% from one year ago.
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Jul 8, 2002 · Annually, Kentucky produces only about 12 percent of the 921 trillion Btu of oil and natural gas consumed in the state (EIA, State Energy Data Report 2001). Petroleum is produced at various depths from limestone, sandstone, and shale of Cambrian through Pennsylvanian age.
