82,000+
More than 82,000 Oklahomans are directly employed by the oil and natural gas industry.
344,500
The number of Oklahoma jobs supported directly or indirectly by the oil and natural gas industry.
1 in 6 Jobs
1 in every 6 jobs in Oklahoma are directly or indirectly employed by the state's oil and natural gas industry.
$52 billion
The amount of Oklahoma goods and services the oil and natural gas industry generates each year. That's one in every $3!
$1 billion
Oklahoma's oil and natural gas industry paid nearly $1 billion in tax collections in 2011.
72 of 77 counties
Oil and/or natural gas is produced in 72 of 77 Oklahoma counties.
$113,000
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.
12,650 teachers
attending OERB workshops.
131 Petro Pros
signed up to give in-class presentations.
More than $20 million
spent on OERB student education programs.
More than 1 millionstudents reached through OERB's education efforts.
More than $2 million
spent on well site safety education.
$1.75 million
spent on OERB's Petroleum Scholar program.
Up to $500,000
awarded in scholarships each year.
108 Petroleum Scholars
supported by OERB.
Nearly 1,000
The number of students who have received PetroTech training.
4th in the nation
Oklahoma ranks 4th 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.
8.2%
Oklahoma is estimated to produce 8.2% of total U.S. natural gas production.
74 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.
200,000 barrels
The number of barrels of oil produced in Oklahoma each day.
$70 million
contributed by Oklahoma's oil and natural gas producers and royalty owners to restore abandoned well sites across the state.
Nearly 12,000
abandoned well sites restored by OERB.
$1.75 million
contributed toward weatherizing homes in Oklahoma.
67 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.