Under this definition, total world oil production in 2019 averaged 80,622,000 barrels per day. Approximately 68% came from the top ten countries, and an overlapping 44% came from the fourteen current OPEC members, in the table below. The top three producers have in recent history been (alphabetically) Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. 1 Oil includes crude oil, all other petroleum liquids, and biofuels. 2 Production includes domestic production of crude oil, all other petroleum liquids, biofuels, and refinery processing gain. 3 Most recent year for which data are available when this FAQ was updated.. The 10 largest oil 1 consumers and share of total world oil consumption in 2017 2 The oil industry extracted a record high 4.0 billion barrels of crude oil in the United States in 2018, worth an average wellhead price of US$61 per barrel. The 2018 production exceeded the previous record of 3.5 billion barrels set in 1970. 2018 oil production was more than double the production ten years earlier,